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Gospels And Gospel Traditions In The Second Century

Helmut Koester

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Abstract At the time of the publication of The New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers,1 the four canonical gospels ruled supreme as the almost exclusive source for the knowledge of Jesus’ words and deeds. In some respect, interest in the study of the gospel quotations in the Apostolic Fathers was dictated by the quest for the dating of these gospels: if the dates of the writing of the Apostolic Fathers could be ascertained, their gospel quotations could be used as terminus ante quem for the writing of the New Testament gospels.

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Abstract At the time of the publication of The New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers,1 the four canonical gospels ruled supreme as the almost exclusive source for the knowledge of Jesus’ words and deeds. In some respect, interest in the study of the gospel quotations in the Apostolic Fathers was dictated by the quest for the dating of these gospels: if the dates of the writing of the Apostolic Fathers could be ascertained, their gospel quotations could be used as terminus ante quem for the writing of the New Testament gospels.

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Abstract At the time of the publication of The New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers,1 the four canonical gospels ruled supreme as the almost exclusive source for the knowledge of Jesus’ words and deeds. In some respect, interest in the study of the gospel quotations in the Apostolic Fathers was dictated by the quest for the dating of these gospels: if the dates of the writing of the Apostolic Fathers could be ascertained, their gospel quotations could be used as terminus ante quem for the writing of the New Testament gospels.

Key concepts: Gospel, New Testament, Historical Jesus, Literature, Philosophy, History, Art, Theology

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