The Oral Gospel Tradition

Synopsis

The Traditions About Jesus And His Teaching Circulated In Oral Form For Many Years, Continuing To Do So For Decades Following The Writing Of The New Testament Gospels. James Dunn Is One Of The Major Voices Urging That More Consideration Needs To Be Given To The Oral Use And Transmission Of The Jesus Tradition As A Major Factor In Giving The Synoptic Tradition Its Enduring Character. Prophetic 'i'-sayings And The Jesus-tradition: The Importance Of Testing Prophetic Utterances Within Early Christianity -- Altering The Default Setting: Re-envisaging The Early Transmission Of The Jesus Tradition -- Q¹ As Oral Tradition -- Matthew's Awareness Of Markan Redaction -- Matthew As Wirkungsgeschichte -- John And The Oral Gospel Tradition -- John's Gospel And The Oral Gospel Tradition -- On History, Memory And Eyewitnesses: In Response To Bengt Homberg And Samuel Byrskog -- Eyewitnesses And The Oral Jesus Tradition: In Dialogue With Birger Gerhardsson And Richard Bauckham -- Social Memory And The Oral Jesus Tradition -- Kenneth Bailey's Theory Of Oral Tradition: Critiquing Theodore Weeden's Critique -- Remembering Jesus: How The Quest Of The Historical Jesus Lost Its Way -- Between Jesus And The Gospels -- The History Of The Tradition (new Testament) -- Living Tradition. James D. G. Dunn. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.