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From the Gospel to the Gospels History, Theology and Impact of the Biblical Term 'euangelion'

:	Petr Pokorný
:	From the Gospel to the Gospels History, Theology and Impact of the Biblical Term 'euangelion'
:	Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
:	9783110300604
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The monograph discusses the short formulae of the‘gospel’ (euangelion) as the first reflected expressions of Christian faith. They adapted the apocalyptic expectations to express the Easter experience and shaped the earliest literary Gospel (Mark). This book analyzes Gospels as texts that (re-)introduced Jesus traditions into the Christian liturgy and literature. The last chapters are devoted to the origins of the idea of Christian canon.

< >Petr Pokorný, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic.

	1. The Problem	11
	1.1 The polysemy of the term “euangelion”	11
	1.2 The link between the oral and the literary gospel	13
	2. The Pre-Pauline Easter Gospel	15
	2.1 The Three Formulae	15
	2.1.1 Salvation from the “wrath of God”	15
	2.1.2 Death and resurrection	17
	2.1.3 Jesus Christ the Lord	19
	2.1.4 A survey of the formulae	20
	2.1.5 Conclusions	21
	2.2 The Gospel and Myth	24
	2.2.1 Apocalyptic myth	24
	2.2.2 Interpreting myth	27
	2.3 The Gospel and Christian Liturgy	29
	2.3.1 The death and resurrection of Jesus and baptism	29
	2.3.2 Baptism in the name of Jesus Christ as a new phenomenon	30
	2.4 The Resurrection	31
	2.4.1 Terminology and theology	31
	2.4.2 Resurrection and the Last Judgment	33
	2.4.3 Apocalyptic vision as a world concept	34
	2.4.4 Theological function of the apocalyptic imagery: Interpreting the resurrection I	35
	2.4.5 Shortcomings of the apocalyptic paradigm	38
	2.4.6 The Christian transformation of apocalyptic imagery	40
	2.4.7 A miracle? Interpreting the resurrection II	42
	2.4.8 Resurrection and testimony: Interpreting the resurrection III	48
	2.4.9 Revelation: Interpreting the resurrection IV	49
	2.5 Euangelion	51
	2.5.1 Lexical problems	51
	2.5.2 The noun “euangelion”	53
	2.5.3 Sequence in history	55
	2.5.4 The “doubled” eschatology	58
	3. The Gospel of Jesus	61
	3.1 Jesus proclaimed the gospel – an early tradition	61
	3.2 The prophecy in Isa 61:1 ff. and the self-understanding of Jesus	65
	4. The Pauline Gospel	67
	4.1 EUANGELION in Pauline Theology	67
	4.1.1 Paul as seen by liberal researchers	67
	4.1.2 Paul as servant of the gospel	68
	4.1.3 The incarnation and death of Jesus as the basis of human hope	68
	4.2 Paul and the Jesus Traditions	70
	4.2.1 Was Paul reluctant to quote the words of Jesus?	70
	4.2.2 The reasons for Paul’s reluctance	74
	4.2.3 The religious situation	76
	4.2.4 The problem of Christian prophecy	79
	4.2.5 The absence of narratives about Jesus in Paul	80
	4.2.6 An inner analogy between Paul and the narratives about Jesus	83
	4.3 Social Background	86
	4.4 “Good news” in Deutero-Pauline Texts	88
	4.4.1 The prospect	89
	5. The Survival of the Jesus Traditions before Mark	91
	5.0 The general character of the Jesus traditions	91
	5.1 Reconstruction in retrospect	93
	5.1.1 Jesus traditions that survived in the liturgy	93
	5.1.2 Transformations of the Jesus tradition before Mark	98
	5.2 Fragmentary Testimonies of Jesus Traditions outside of Mark	100
	5.2.1 The Synoptic tradition in the Apostolic Fathers and in the Gospel of Thomas	101
	5.2.2 Only a few traces of the narratives of Jesus in the Apostolic Fathers	104
	5.2.3 The Passion Story	106
	5.2.4 Mark and source Q	109
	5.2.5 Special Sources of Luke and Matthew	114
	5.2.6 The written texts	114
	6. The Gospel in the Gospel according to Mark	117
	6.1 A New Literary (Sub)Genre	117
	6.1.1 Biography	118
	6.1.2 Material and structuring: Editor or author?	122
	6.1.3 The literary structure	125
	6.1.4 The problem of the ending	126
	6.2 The Gospel (euangelion) as the Overarching Concept which Structures the Gospel of Mark	128
	6.2.1 Pauline influence	128
	6.2.2 The beginning and the ending of the Gospel	131
	6.3 Christological Titles and the Messianic Secret	139
	6.3.1 The Son of God and other titles	140
	6.3.2 The Messianic Secret	146
	6.3.3 Life of the messianic people	149
	6.4 Jesus as Determining Element of the Christian Proclamation	151
	6.4.1 Believe in the gospel	152
	6.4.2 Turning back to the time of Jesus	154
	6.5 Interpreting the Normative Past	158
	6.5.1 The “Good News” of the Passion Story	158
	6.5.2 “Earthing” the sacraments in Mark	164
	6.5.3 By-products of the Markan concept of the Gospel	169
	7. The other canonical Gospels	171
	7.1 The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles	174
	7.2 The Gospel of Matthew	179
	7.3 The Gospel of John	183
	8. Early Christian Literature and Canonization	187
	8.1 The Gospel as a book	187
	8.2 The use of the term “euangelion” in the Apostolic Fathers	188
	8.3 Early evidence for texts about Jesus in canonised additions in the Gospels of John and Mark	192
	8.4 Written Gospels	194
	8.5 The titles of the Gospels	196
	8.6 Non-canonical Gospels	201
	9. Conclusions	205
	9.1 The gospel in Jesus and Paul	205
	9.2 Mark	206
	9.3 Other canonical Gospels and the beginnings of the Christian canon	207
	Bibliography	209
	Sources in Critical Editions (chronological sequence)	209
	Secondary Literature (alphabetical sequence)	210
	Abbreviations	227
	General Index	230
	Index of References to the Bible and other Ancient Writings	236