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In Reading the Gospels Wisely, Jonathan Pennington examines the theological and ethical aims of the Gospel narratives, helping students see the fruit of historical and literary study. He contends that we can learn to read the Gospels well from various vantage points, among them the premodern, modern, and postmodern. This textbook can stand on its own as a guide to reading the Gospels as...

have come from the Tetraevangelium, the fourfold Gospel book. This is still the case in many branches of Christendom, especially those that include in their services regular lectionary readings and homilies from the Gospels. The problem I have described above is primarily one within conservative Protestantism with its desire for superdoctrine. This is where Paul most usually supplants Jesus and the Gospels. While living in Britain and attending Anglican services, I remember being struck by the weekly
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