Jesus

in Context

Background Readings for Gospel Study

Edited by

Darrell L. Bock
and Gregory J. Herrick

© 2005 by Darrell L. Bock and Gregory J. Herrick

Published by Baker Academic
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P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Jesus in context : background readings for Gospel study / edited by Darrell L. Bock and Gregory J. Herrick.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN 0-8010-2719-5 (pbk.)

1. Bible. N.T. Gospels—Criticism, interpretation, etc. I. Bock, Darrell L. II. Herrick, Gregory J., 1964–

BS2555.52.J47 2005

226’ .095—dc22

Permission to quote extensively from the following sources is appreciated and acknowledged:

The Dead Sea Scrolls Translated: The Qumran Texts in English, by Florentino García Martínez, translated by Wilfred G. E. Watson, 2nd ed. (Leiden: E. J. Brill; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996). ©1994, 1996 E. J. Brill, used by permission of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI. All rights reserved.

The Mishnah: A New Translation, translated by Jacob Neusner (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1988). Used by permission. Copyright ©1988 by Yale University. All rights reserved.

The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, edited by James H. Charlesworth, 2 vols. (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983–85). Copyright ©1983 and 1985 by James H. Charlesworth. Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.

Contents

Canonical Guide to the Readings

Cross-Reference Table

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Abbreviations

Part 1: The Four Gospels: Distinctive Voices

1. Overviews of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

Part 2: Jesus according to the Synoptists

2. The Birth and Childhood of Jesus

3. The Backdrop to Jesus’ Ministry

4. The Initial Portrait of Jesus’ Galilean Ministry

5. Jesus’ Teaching on Relating to God and Others

6. More Galilean Ministry

7. From Kingdom Teaching to Confession

8. Confession and Prediction

9. Toward Jerusalem

10. Continuing toward Jerusalem

11. The Passion Week

Part 3: Jesus according to John

12. Introducing Jesus in John’s Gospel

13. The Book of Signs

14. The Book of Glory

Part 4: A Theological Portrait of Jesus

15. Major Themes in the Evangelists’ Portrait of Jesus’ Theology

Works Cited

For Further Reading

Index of Subjects

Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Writings

Canonical Guide
to the Readings

The primary Gospel passages elucidated by the readings are identified in the section headings throughout the book and are listed in canonical order in the table below. Page numbers indicate where a section of readings begins, but the section may extend over several pages.