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The Gospels as Biographies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2009

Laurence Cantwell
Affiliation:
Birchwood, Park Lane, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Mid-Glamorgan

Extract

‘A Gospel is not a biography.’ The remark has often been made but rarely fully explained or defended. As I understand it, two related propositions are at issue, and they both merit examination:

1. ‘A Gospel is not a biography because it is a distinct and different literary form.’

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 1981

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