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245 14 a| The genuine Jesus and the counterfeit Christs :b| New Testament and Apocryphal Gospels /c| Simon Gathercole.;

264 1 a| Grand Rapids, Michigan :b| William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,c| 2025.;

300 a| ix, 131 pages ;c| 22 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-124) and indexes.;

505 0 a| Introduction -- What are the other gospels?. Marcion's Gospel ; The Valentinian Gospels: the Gospel of Truth and the Gospel of Philip ; The Gnostic Gospels: the Gospel of the Egyptians and the Gospel of Judas ; The Gospel of Peter ; The Gospel of Thomas ; The Gospel of Mary ; Conclusion -- How do you tell Gospels apart?. Normality? ; Authorship ; Dating ; Biographical narration ; Popularity? ; Differences of theological message ; Conclusion -- Comparing Gospel messages. The shared Gospel message of the Apostles ; The ingredients of the Apostles' message of the Good News ; Jesus as the "Christ"/"Messiah" ; Saving death ; Jesus's resurrection ; Jesus's fulfillment of scripture ; Conclusion and preview -- Jesus the Jewish Messiah. The Canonical Gospels ; Mark's Gospel ; Matthew's Gospel ; Luke's Gospel ; John's Gospel ; The Canonical Gospels: conclusion ; Noncanonical Gospels ; The Gospel of Judas ; The Gospel of Thomas ; The Gospel of Peter ; The Gospel of Philip ; The Gospel of Truth ; The Gospel of the Egyptians ; Marcion's Gospel ; The noncanonical Gospels: conclusion ; Comparison and evaluation ; Rejection of Messiahship ; Neglect of Messiahship ; Refashioning of Messiahship ; Embracing of Messiahship ; Conclusion -- Jesus's saving death. The death of Jesus in the Canonical Gospels ; Mark's Gospel ; Matthew's Gospel ; Luke's Gospel ; John's Gospel ; The Canonical Gospel's: conclusion ; The death of Jesus in the noncanonical Gospels ; The Gospel of Truth ; The Gospel of Philip ; The Gospel of Peter ; The Gospel of Thomas ; The Gospel of Judas ; The Gospel of the Egyptians ; Marcion's Gospel ; The noncanonical Gospels: conclusion ; Comparison and evaluation ; Rejection of Jesus's death ; Limited significance in Jesus's death ; The significance of Jesus's death as unclear ; The saving significance of Jesus's death ; Conclusion -- Jesus's saving resurrection. The resurrection of Jesus in the Canonical Gospels ; Jesus's resurrection in Mark's Gospel ; Jesus's resurrection in Matthew's Gospel ; Jesus's resurrection in Luke's and John's Gospels ; Jesus's resurrection in the New Testament Gospels: conclusion ; The resurrection of Jesus in the noncanonical Gospels ; Jesus's resurrection in Marcion's Gospel ; Jesus's resurrection in the Gospel of Peter ; Jesus's resurrection in the Gospel of Truth? ; Jesus's resurrection in the Gospel of Philip ; Jesus's resurrection and the Gospel of the Egyptians and the Gospel of Judas ; Jesus's resurrection in the Gospel of Thomas? ; Comparison and evaluation ; Rejection of Jesus's death ; The collapsing together of Jesus's death and resurrection ; The saving significance of Jesus's bodily resurrection ; Conclusion -- Jesus's fulfillment of scripture. Fulfillment of scripture in the Canonical Gospels ; Mark's Gospel ; Matthew's Gospel ; Luke's Gospel ; John's Gospel ; The Canonical Gospels: conclusion ; Fulfillment of scripture in the Apocryphal Gospels ; The Gospel of Thomas ; Marcion's Gospel ; The Gospel of Judas ; The Gospel of Truth ; The Gospel of the Egyptians ; The Gospel of Philip ; The Gospel of Peter ; The noncanonical Gospels: conclusion ; Comparison and evaluation ; The error of Jesus's fulfillment of scripture: Thomas, Marcion, Judas ; The irrelevance of Jesus's fulfillment of scripture: Truth and Egyptians ; The Ambiguous relation between Jesus and scripture: Philip and Peter ; The centrality of Jesus's fulfillment of scripture: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John ; Conclusion -- What's special about the New Testament Gospels?. Summary: the story so far ; Just coincidence? ; The New Testament Gospels and the Apostolic Good News ; The Apocryphal Gospels and the Apostolic Good News ; So what? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of subjects -- Index of scripture and other ancient sources.;

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The genuine Jesus and the counterfeit Christs : New Testament and Apocryphal Gospels / Simon Gathercole.

Author/creator	Gathercole, Simon author.
Format	Book
Publication	Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2025.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	ix, 131 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects	Jesus Christ--Person and offices. Bible. Gospels--Criticism, interpretation, etc. Apocryphal Gospels.

Contents	Introduction -- What are the other gospels?. Marcion's Gospel ; The Valentinian Gospels: the Gospel of Truth and the Gospel of Philip ; The Gnostic Gospels: the Gospel of the Egyptians and the Gospel of Judas ; The Gospel of Peter ; The Gospel of Thomas ; The Gospel of Mary ; Conclusion -- How do you tell Gospels apart?. Normality? ; Authorship ; Dating ; Biographical narration ; Popularity? ; Differences of theological message ; Conclusion -- Comparing Gospel messages. The shared Gospel message of the Apostles ; The ingredients of the Apostles' message of the Good News ; Jesus as the "Christ"/"Messiah" ; Saving death ; Jesus's resurrection ; Jesus's fulfillment of scripture ; Conclusion and preview -- Jesus the Jewish Messiah. The Canonical Gospels ; Mark's Gospel ; Matthew's Gospel ; Luke's Gospel ; John's Gospel ; The Canonical Gospels: conclusion ; Noncanonical Gospels ; The Gospel of Judas ; The Gospel of Thomas ; The Gospel of Peter ; The Gospel of Philip ; The Gospel of Truth ; The Gospel of the Egyptians ; Marcion's Gospel ; The noncanonical Gospels: conclusion ; Comparison and evaluation ; Rejection of Messiahship ; Neglect of Messiahship ; Refashioning of Messiahship ; Embracing of Messiahship ; Conclusion -- Jesus's saving death. The death of Jesus in the Canonical Gospels ; Mark's Gospel ; Matthew's Gospel ; Luke's Gospel ; John's Gospel ; The Canonical Gospel's: conclusion ; The death of Jesus in the noncanonical Gospels ; The Gospel of Truth ; The Gospel of Philip ; The Gospel of Peter ; The Gospel of Thomas ; The Gospel of Judas ; The Gospel of the Egyptians ; Marcion's Gospel ; The noncanonical Gospels: conclusion ; Comparison and evaluation ; Rejection of Jesus's death ; Limited significance in Jesus's death ; The significance of Jesus's death as unclear ; The saving significance of Jesus's death ; Conclusion -- Jesus's saving resurrection. The resurrection of Jesus in the Canonical Gospels ; Jesus's resurrection in Mark's Gospel ; Jesus's resurrection in Matthew's Gospel ; Jesus's resurrection in Luke's and John's Gospels ; Jesus's resurrection in the New Testament Gospels: conclusion ; The resurrection of Jesus in the noncanonical Gospels ; Jesus's resurrection in Marcion's Gospel ; Jesus's resurrection in the Gospel of Peter ; Jesus's resurrection in the Gospel of Truth? ; Jesus's resurrection in the Gospel of Philip ; Jesus's resurrection and the Gospel of the Egyptians and the Gospel of Judas ; Jesus's resurrection in the Gospel of Thomas? ; Comparison and evaluation ; Rejection of Jesus's death ; The collapsing together of Jesus's death and resurrection ; The saving significance of Jesus's bodily resurrection ; Conclusion -- Jesus's fulfillment of scripture. Fulfillment of scripture in the Canonical Gospels ; Mark's Gospel ; Matthew's Gospel ; Luke's Gospel ; John's Gospel ; The Canonical Gospels: conclusion ; Fulfillment of scripture in the Apocryphal Gospels ; The Gospel of Thomas ; Marcion's Gospel ; The Gospel of Judas ; The Gospel of Truth ; The Gospel of the Egyptians ; The Gospel of Philip ; The Gospel of Peter ; The noncanonical Gospels: conclusion ; Comparison and evaluation ; The error of Jesus's fulfillment of scripture: Thomas, Marcion, Judas ; The irrelevance of Jesus's fulfillment of scripture: Truth and Egyptians ; The Ambiguous relation between Jesus and scripture: Philip and Peter ; The centrality of Jesus's fulfillment of scripture: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John ; Conclusion -- What's special about the New Testament Gospels?. Summary: the story so far ; Just coincidence? ; The New Testament Gospels and the Apostolic Good News ; The Apocryphal Gospels and the Apostolic Good News ; So what? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of subjects -- Index of scripture and other ancient sources.
Abstract	"The author argues that the main difference between the four canonical New Testament Gospels and noncanonical early Gospels lies in their theological messages; the former communicate key concepts from early Christian preaching and teaching in full, while the latter convey such concepts selectively and incompletely"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-124) and indexes.
LCCN	2024047433
ISBN	9780802884459
ISBN	0802884458
ISBN	(epub)

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