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The historical reliability of the Gospels has been discussed from the Enlightenment onwards. At present, many scholars assume that the canonical Gospels as we have them are essentially fictions constructed near the end of the first century to meet the needs of the Christian movement of that time and that they give us very little reliable information regarding the life and teachings of Jesus. But have these scholars really understood the nature of the written Gospels? Birger Gerhardsson has devoted almost the whole of his academic career to the study of the oral tradition that is the basis of our canonical Gospels. His groundbreaking doctoral dissertation, Memory and Manuscript, drew a parallel between the way in which the rabbis taught their disciples and the way Jesus taught his both required memorization of the masters teaching. Rabbinic disciples handed on their masters tradition with great care, and we can be sure that the disciples of Jesus would have been no less careful with what he taught them! The Reliability of the Gospel Tradition presents three studies that illuminate how the early Christians passed on tradition. The Origins of the Gospel Tradition gives an accessible r

Author

Birger Gerhardsson

Publisher

Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9781565636675

Subjects

Religion, Christian, History

Updated

2026-03-24