Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior

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The bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus, one of the most renowned and controversial Bible scholars in the world today examines oral tradition and its role in shaping the stories about Jesus we encounter in the New Testament and ultimately in our understanding of Christianity.Throughout much of human history, our most important stories were passed down orally including the stories about Jesus before they became written down in the Gospels In this fascinating and deeply researched work, leading Bible scholar Bart D Ehrman investigates the role oral history has played in the New Testament how the telling of these stories not only spread Jesus message but helped shape it.A master explainer of Christian history, texts, and traditions, Ehrman draws on a range of disciplines, including psychology and anthropology, to examine the role of memory in the creation of the Gospels Explaining how oral tradition evolves based on the latest scientific research, he demonstrates how the act of telling and retelling impacts the story, the storyteller, and the listener crucial insights that challenge our typical historical understanding of the silent period between when Jesus lived and died and when his stories began to be written down.As he did in his previous books on religious scholarship, debates on New Testament authorship, and the existence of Jesus of Nazareth, Ehrman combines his deep knowledge and meticulous scholarship in a compelling and eye opening narrative that will change the way we read and think about these sacred texts. 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Ehrman For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I was expecting this book to be a portrayal of the historical Jesus using the findings of human memory research It was that, however I believe that adescriptive title for this book would be What we can know about the nature of the various communities that produced the multiple Gospels using modern tools of historical scholarship and recent memory research That title is probably too long, but it is a worthwhile endeavor because the remembered Jesus is what Christianity is based upon, I was expecting this book to be a portrayal of the historical Jesus using the findings of human memory research It was that, however I believe that adescriptive title for this book would be What we can know about the nature of the various communities that produced the multiple Gospels using modern tools of historical scholarship and recent memory research That title is probably too long, but it is a worthwhile endeavor because the remembered Jesus is what Christianity is based upon, not the historical Jesus.This book includes an extensive description of the nature of memory and how it can lead to inventions Findings of research on oral traditions and their tendency toward invention are explained These limitations apply to the Gospels b...What we know of Jesus was written 40 years andafter his death by people who did not know him, meaning our knowledge of Jesus comes from second and third and orhand oral tellings There is some chance that there is a lost written source often called Q but the consensus is that the New Testament information on Jesus is all or mostly from oral testimony This book explores the validity memory, oral tradition and eye witness testimony and applies research on these to their use as his What we know of Jesus was written 40 years andafter his death by people who did not know him, meaning our knowledge of Jesus comes from second and third and orhand oral tellings There is some chance that there is a lost written source often called Q but the consensus i...Ehrman is kind of amazing his books are both excellent scholarship and intriguing nonfiction for casual readers And he has a members only blog to raise money for charities addressing poverty I wonder how hard it is to get into one of his classes those must be great The beliefs of early Syrian Christians are the most fascinating history I have ever read, and I am really fond of weird history No spoilers, but woah, dude My father was a minister of a scholarly bent, so I may know a little mo Ehrman is kind of amazing his books are both excellent scholarship and intriguing nonfiction for casual readers And he has a members only blog to raise money for charities addressing poverty I wonder how hard it is to get into one of his classes those must be great The beliefs of early Syrian Christians are the most fascinating history I have ever read, and I am really fond of w...I enjoyed this onethan the author s previous book, Misquoting Jesus The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why Instead of painting in broad strokes, he takes a look at the first centuries of Christianity through the prism of human memor...61 Jesus Before the Gospels How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior by Bart D Ehrmanreader Joe Barrettpublished 2016format 10 04 Audible audiobook 279 pages equivalent, 336 pages in hardcover acquired Novemberlistened Nov 9 14rating 4Erhman tries to bring in the sciences of memory, cultural memory and evolution of oral story telling into an understanding of the Christian gospels, written down several decades after the death of Christ 61 Jesus Before the Gospels How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior by Bart D Ehrmanreader Joe Barrettpublished 2016format 10 04 Audible audiobook 279 pages equivalent, 336 pages in hardcover acquired Novemberlistened Nov 9 14rating 4Erhman tries to bring in the sciences of memory, cultural memory and evolution of oral story telling into an understanding of the Christian gospels, written down several decades after the death of Christ It makes for an interesting book, an author having fun mixing...Bart D Ehrman, the James A Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is an excellent writer who has popularized some of the historical research about early Christianity His books, while tending to make similar points asacademic treatises, are a joy to read His latest book, Jesus before the Gospels,, is an investigation of yet another way of questioning the historical accuracy of the gospels Ehrman points out that the earliest Bart D Ehrman, the James A Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is an excellent writer who has popularized some of the historical research about early Christianity His books, while tending to make similar points asacademic treatises, are a joy to read His latest book, Jesus before t...After finishing the book and giving myself some time to browse other readers thoughts, I d have to say I come out somewhere in the middle I think it s a great, yet easily readable book It s not an academic exploration, even if at times it does attempt to use research outside of the realm of NT studies, or historical Jesus studies My biggest issue with this book is that it s dependent on you already agreeing with him on a historical Jesus having existed Now that topic is obviously not the poi After finishing the book and giving myself some time to browse other readers thoughts, I d have to say I come out somewhere in the middle I think it s a great, yet easily readable book It s not an academic exploration, even if at times it does attempt to use research outside of the realm of NT studies, or historical Jesus studies My biggest issue with this book is that it s dependent on you already agreeing with him on a historical Jesus having existed Now that topic is obviously not the point of this point, but it s the previous step before this one If not, theaccurate title should mention this beingof a study on the earlier communities and what they specifically believed It s under the assumption that all of x, y, or z are remembered, changed, and invented , but the possibility of there not being a kernel that all stories go back to is not within this book Nor is it up for debate any longer for Ehrman It s a great book if you can get past this presupposition He pleads at the end fo...How much do we actually know about Jesus of Nazareth There are no portraits from his day, no eyewitness notes or accounts of His activities In fact, the first accounts of Jesus life and ministry were written many decades after His crucifixion in c 30 CE The Gospel According to St Mark written c 75 75 CE , the Gospel According to St Matthew written c 85 CE , the Gospel According to St Luke written c 95 115 CE , and the Gospel According to St John written c 95 CE St Paul s epis How much do we actually know about Jesus of Nazareth There are no portraits from his day, no eyewitness notes or accounts of His activities In fact, the first accounts of Jesus life and ministry were written many decades after His crucifixion in c 30 CE The Gospel According to St Mark written c 75 75 CE , the Gospel According to St Matthew written c 85 CE , the Gospel According to St Luke written c 95 115 CE , and the Gospel According to St John written c 95 CE St Paul s epistles written c 51 64 CE say very little about Jesus life and ministry Also, there are numerous non canonical scriptures, mostly written in the second century.How did the authors of these writ...This is a deeply disappointing read Ehrman mashes together some of the well worn and roundly answered issues raised in NT studies from the past 150yrs, presenting them as defeaters to belief in the integrity and authenticity of the gospels There is no judicious engagement with scholarship from opposing views and a patronising tone is adopted towards the reader throughout Ehrman s treatment of memory is particularly disappointing, having to admit for himself that Hungarian troubadours are no This is a deeply disappointing read Ehrman mashes together some of the well worn and roundly answered issues raised in NT studies from the past 150yrs, presenting them as defeaters to belief in the integrity and authenticity of the gospels There is no judicious engagement with scholarship from opposing views and a patronising tone is adopted towards the reader throughout Ehrman s treatment of memory is particularly disappointing, having to admit for him...This completes my run of Ehrman s major works This is different from Misquoting Jesus Jesus Interrupted , and How Jesus Became God It is much less of the textual criticism of the previous works Instead, Ehrman s focus is the oral tradition and its role in shaping the stories about Jesus that we encounter in the New Testament IE the impact on memory, and the context in which it formed.In some ways, I think this would make a better first read for those brave enough to entertain the challe This completes my run of Ehrman s major works This is different from Misquoti...

Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior
  • 16 April 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 336 pages
  • 0062285203
  • Bart D. Ehrman
  • Jesus Before the Gospels: How the Earliest Christians Remembered, Changed, and Invented Their Stories of the Savior