{"product_id":"the-fourfold-gospel-9780801098895","title":"The Fourfold Gospel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis groundbreaking approach to the study of the fourfold gospel offers a challenging alternative to prevailing assumptions about the creation of the gospels and their portraits of Jesus. How and why does it matter that we have these four gospels? Why were they placed alongside one another as four parallel yet diverse retellings of the same story?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancis Watson, widely regarded as one of the foremost New Testament scholars of our time, explains that the four gospels were chosen to give a portrait of Jesus. He explores the significance of the fourfold gospel''s plural form for those who constructed it and for later Christian communities, showing that in its plurality it bears definitive witness to what God has done in Jesus Christ. Watson focuses on reading the gospels as a group rather than in isolation and explains that the fourfold gospel is greater than, and other than, the sum of its individual parts. Interweaving historical, exegetical, and theological perspectives, this\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eProlegomena: \u003ci\u003eThe Making of a Fourfold Gospel\u003cbr\u003eMore Than Four?\u003cbr\u003eFewer Than Four?\u003cbr\u003eWhy \"Gospel\"?\u003cbr\u003eWhy the Evangelists' Names?\u003cbr\u003eWhy These Four?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e1. The First Gospel: Jesus the Jew\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Messiah's Double Origin\u003cbr\u003eGenealogy as Narrative\u003cbr\u003eThe Sacred Story and Its Shadow\u003cbr\u003eThe Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e2. The Second Gospel: Preparing the Way\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Four Faces of the Gospel\u003cbr\u003eThe Voice in the Desert\u003cbr\u003eThe Inclusive Gospel\u003cbr\u003eAn End and a Beginning\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e3. The Third Gospel: Magnificat\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Luke Became Luke\u003cbr\u003eReassuring Theophilus\u003cbr\u003eReading in Parallel\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e4. The Fourth Gospel: Seeing God\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree plus One\u003cbr\u003eThe Johannine Eagle\u003cbr\u003eIn the Beginning\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Convergences\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e5. Four Gospels, One Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Evangelist: Portrait and Artist\u003cbr\u003ePrefatory to a Gospel\u003cbr\u003eOrder out of Chaos\u003cbr\u003eParallels and Numbers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e6. The City and the Garden\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcclamation\u003cbr\u003eReading the Event\u003cbr\u003eA Man of Sorrows\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e7. Christus Victor\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Death of the Messiah\u003cbr\u003eAtonement\u003cbr\u003ePattern\u003cbr\u003eLife\u003cbr\u003eAftermath\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e8. The Truth of the Gospel\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Eucharistic Milieu\u003cbr\u003eEvangelical Apologetics\u003cbr\u003eForm and Content\u003cbr\u003eThe One Word\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIndexes","brand":"Baker Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527607099735,"sku":"9780801098895","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801098895.jpg?v=1731868522","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-fourfold-gospel-9780801098895","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}