The The Framework of the Story of Jesus

Literary-Critical Investigations of the Earliest Jesus Tradition

Karl Ludwig Schmidt, Byron R. McCane (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2023
James Clarke & Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-227-17887-4 (ISBN)

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A new translation of a seminal work that helped establish form criticism in New Testament Studies.

Now available for the first time in English, Karl Ludwig Schmidt's The Framework of the Story of Jesus (Der Rahmen der Geschichte Jesu) has been a foundation of New Testament studies. Through meticulous analysis, Schmidt demonstrates that the Synoptic Gospels are collections of individual stories that circulated orally and independently in the earliest Christian communities. Schmidt shows persuasively how, in their oral forms, most of these traditions existed apart from any sequence or specific temporal or geographic location, and that the chronology and locations now evident in the Gospels were applied by the evangelists while collecting and recording the oral traditions.
Across much of the twentieth century and even into the present day, Schmidt's thesis has undergirded Gospel interpretation. Yet as long as The Framework of the Story of Jesus remained untranslated, Schmidt's ideas have been open to neglect and misinterpretation among Anglophone scholars. Discussion of the Synoptic Gospels and broader New Testament study will be enriched by engagement with the evidence and argument as originally presented.

Karl Ludwig Schmidt (1891-1956) helped establish form criticism, an influential method in New Testament studies. Schmidt opposed Nazism, left Germany in 1933, and settled in Basle, Switzerland, where he taught. Besides The Framework of the Story of Jesus, Schmidt also wrote The Place of the Gospels in the General History of Literature (2002). Byron R. McCane is Professor of Religion at Centre College (Danville, Kentucky). He is also codirector of the archaeological excavations at Horvat Kur in the Lower Galilee, Israel. His books include Roll Back the Stone (2003).

Abbreviations
Introduction: Karl Ludwig Schmidt, Der Rahmen der Geschichte Jesu, Form Criticism, and Gospel Genre, by Byron R. McCane
Preface

Intoduction. The Problem of the Framework of the Story of Jesus: Historical and Methodological Issues
1. John the Baptist and Jesus (Mark 1:1-13par.)
2. Jesus' Activity in Galilee (Mark 1:14-45par.)
3. Jesus' Conflicts with the Leaders of the People (Mark 2:1-3:6 par.)
4. Jesus and the People (Mark 3:7-6:13par.)
5. Jesus outside of Galilee in Gentile Territory (Mark 6:14-8:26par.)
6. Jesus and His Disciples, The Approaching Passion (Mark 8:27-10:45par.)
7. Luke's Travel Narrative (Luke 9:51-19:27)
8. Jesus' Final Activity in Jerusalem (Mark 10:46-13:37 par)
9. Jesus' Suffering and Death: Mark 14-15 (= Matt 26-27= Luke 22-23)
10. The Pre-histories
Conclusion: The Framework of the Story of Jesus in Mark, Matthew, and Luke

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Authors Index
Subject Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.07.2023
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-227-17887-4 / 0227178874
ISBN-13	978-0-227-17887-4 / 9780227178874
Zustand	Neuware