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12 - God and the Knowledge of God in the Gospels

from Part II - The Gospels As Witnesses to Christ

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2021

By
Stephen C. Barton
Edited by
Stephen C. Barton  and
Todd Brewer
Stephen C. Barton
Affiliation:
University of Durham
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Summary

In a detailed study of the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Stephen Barton examines the character of God in each narrative. He shows that controversial claims about God are implied at every point in the gospel stories of Jesus, shaped as they are by an apocalyptic worldview and by the parting of the ways between the synagogue and the church.

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theologyimmanencetranscendenceGospel of MatthewGospel of LukeGospel of MarkGospel of JohnJewish apocalyptic
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The Cambridge Companion to the Gospels , pp. 240 - 258
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Further Reading

Garland, David E., A Theology of Mark’s Gospel (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2015)Google Scholar
Green, Joel B., The Theology of the Gospel of Luke (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995)Google Scholar
Luz, Ulrich, The Theology of the Gospel of Matthew (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995)Google Scholar
Reynolds, Benjamin E., and Stuckenbruck, Loren T., eds., The Jewish Apocalyptic Tradition and the Shaping of New Testament Thought (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2017)Google Scholar
Thompson, Marianne Meye, The God of the Gospel of John (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001)Google Scholar

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