{"product_id":"the-first-gospel-arland-d-jacobson-9781597523196","title":"The First Gospel","description":"The first gospel was not one of the four canonical gospels. It was probably Q, an early collection of Jesus' sayings used by Matthew and Luke to create their gospels. Q does not mention Jesus' death and resurrection, and it contains no birth or childhood stories. In Q, Jesus is pictured as a prophetic sage. The First Gospel provides a comprehensive introduction to the Q hypothesis. The author reviews and augments the arguments for the existence of Q. He concludes that the Q document was not merely a miscellaneous collection of sayings of Jesus that served as a source for Matthew and Luke. He sees it as a gospel in its own right, with its own history and own quite distinctive theology. An excellent, long-overdue, and extremely thorough analysis of Q, not just as a source for Matthew and Luke, but as a much earlier gospel in its own right, a gospel with its own redactional history and its own quite distinctive theology.\"\" --John Dominic Crossan, author of 'The Historical Jesus' Arland D. Jacobson is Professor of New Testament and Director of the Charis Ecumenical Center at Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arland D. Jacobson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1597523194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597523196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wipf \u0026amp; Stock Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.12w x 0.68d","brand":"Arland D. Jacobson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052919353599,"sku":"9781597523196","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e9824a63-b681-408d-bb61-823260909dd7.jpg?v=1685021377","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-first-gospel-arland-d-jacobson-9781597523196","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}