{"product_id":"the-gospel-and-the-gospels-simon-j-gathercole-9780802886446","title":"The Gospel and the Gospels: Christian Proclamation and Early Jesus Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA robust scholarly defense of the distinctiveness of the canonical Gospels.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDo the four New Testament gospels share some essence that distinguishes them from noncanonical early Gospels? The tendency among biblical scholars of late has been to declare the answer to this question \u003ci\u003eno\u003c\/i\u003e--that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were grouped together by happenstance and are defended as canonical today despite there being no essential commonalities between them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimon Gathercole challenges this prevailing view and argues that in fact the theological content of the New Testament Gospels distinguishes them substantially from noncanonical Gospels. Gathercole shows how the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John each include four key points that also formed the core of early Christian preaching and teaching: Jesus's identity as messiah, the saving death of Jesus, the resurrection of Jesus, and Scripture's foretelling of the Christ event. In contrast, most noncanonical Gospels--like the \u003ci\u003eGospel of Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGospel of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e, and Marcion's Gospel--only selectively appropriated these central concerns of early Christian proclamation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon J. Gathercole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802886442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802886446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Simon J. Gathercole","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623561048319,"sku":"9780802886446","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-gospel-and-the-gospels-simon-j-gathercole-9780802886446","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}