{"product_id":"behind-the-gospels-understanding-the-oral-tradition-9781451469400","title":"Behind the Gospels: Understanding the Oral Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Testament scholars often talk about oral tradition as a means by which material about Jesus reached the writers of the Gospels; but despite the recent flowering of interest in oral tradition, the study of memory, and the role of eye-witnesses, the latest scholarly advances have yet to fully penetrate the mainstream of academic Gospels scholarship, let alone the wider public. There is no convenient book-length treatment that can be used by students, or indeed by anyone else wishing to be informed about this crucial topic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBehind the Gospels \u003c\/b\u003efills this gap, both by offering a general theoretical discussion of the nature of oral tradition and the formation of ancient texts, and by providing a critical survey of the field, from classical form-criticism down to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eric Eve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.06w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451469400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEve, Eric:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Eve is fellow and tutor in theology at Harris Manchester College, Oxford, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Context of Jesus\" Miracles \u003c\/i\u003e(2002) and \u003ci\u003eThe Healer from Nazareth: Jesus\" Miracles in Historical Context \u003c\/i\u003e(2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fortress Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45297049272435,"sku":"9781451469400","price":60.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_1b04799e-495e-40f4-b562-272eed2612b5.jpg?v=1785506031","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/behind-the-gospels-understanding-the-oral-tradition-9781451469400","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}