Exegesis and the Synoptics

Robert Geis

Does the resolute defense of their beliefs prove that the Christian proto-communities’ earliest documents about Jesus’ life did not have the discrepancies, contradictions, and conflicts which exegetes argue existed in the four Gospels? Their presence has divided the Gospels into the Synoptics and John, declared by most contemporary exegetes to be originally Greek in their composition. Geis claims that the various differences in Synoptic accounts can be explained by the evidence that reveals they were originally, whole or in part, Hebrew documents that were later translated into Greek. The texts lexically provide a basis for this Hebrew undercurrent. Exegesis and the Synoptics also maintains, against current exegesis, that Matthew’s role as a tax collector and a record keeper makes the claim that he kept a contemporaneous written account of the Lord quite credible.

University Press of America

Pages: 186 • Trim: 6½ x 9¼

978-0-7618-5971-0 • Hardback • July 2012 • $86.00 • (£66.00) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.

Subjects: Religion / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics, Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Religion / Biblical Commentary / General, Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament, Religion / Biblical Commentary / New Testament / General

Exegesis and the Synoptics

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Summary

Does the resolute defense of their beliefs prove that the Christian proto-communities’ earliest documents about Jesus’ life did not have the discrepancies, contradictions, and conflicts which exegetes argue existed in the four Gospels? Their presence has divided the Gospels into the Synoptics and John, declared by most contemporary exegetes to be originally Greek in their composition. Geis claims that the various differences in Synoptic accounts can be explained by the evidence that reveals they were originally, whole or in part, Hebrew documents that were later translated into Greek. The texts lexically provide a basis for this Hebrew undercurrent. Exegesis and the Synoptics also maintains, against current exegesis, that Matthew’s role as a tax collector and a record keeper makes the claim that he kept a contemporaneous written account of the Lord quite credible.

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University Press of America

Pages: 186 • Trim: 6½ x 9¼

978-0-7618-5971-0 • Hardback • July 2012 • $86.00 • (£66.00) - Currently out of stock. Copies will arrive soon.

Subjects: Religion / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics, Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament, Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Religion / Biblical Commentary / General, Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament, Religion / Biblical Commentary / New Testament / General

Author

Robert Geis is a Prelate Protosyncellus in the Eastern Orthodox Catholic rite. He has published works on the philosophy of God, human immortality, and issues of ethics.

Table of Contents

PREFACE

DISCREPANCY AND CONTRADICTION

EVANGELION

APPLYING ORIGEN’S EXEGETICAL METHOD

HEBRAISMS: EARLIER GOSPEL DATINGS

TOWARDS AN NT CANON

AUGUSTINE AND HARMONIZATION

BREAKDOWN OF HARMONIZATION

EXEGESIS AND SKEPTICISM

NOTES

TEXTS FROM THE CANON

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Exegesis and the Synoptics

Robert Geis

Exegesis and the Synoptics

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