"Evangelien." . . "Biographies religieuses." . . "Littérature grecque hellénistique Relation avec le Nouveau Testament." . . "Religious biography." . . "Bible. Gospels - Criticism, interpretation, etc." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . "In this work Dr Burridge contends that scholarly study of the genre of the Gospels has gone full circle over the last century of critical scholarship. The question of how the Gospels should be categorised is still a vexed one and - surprisingly - there is still no consensus. This book analyses and evaluates the debate over the course of the last century. It shows that while the nineteenth-century assumption that the Gospels could be likened to biographies has been denied by the mainstream scholarship of this century, in recent years a biographical genre has begun to be assumed once more. Dr Burridge provides a good foundation for the re-introduction of this biographical view of the Gospels by comparing the work of the Evangelists to the development of biography in the Graeco-Roman world, and by drawing on insights from literary theory. The author shows that the view that the Gospels are unique, which is still widespread among biblical scholars, is false: a first-century reader would have seen the Gospels as biographies, or 'Lives' of Jesus, and they must therefore be interpreted in this light." . . . . . . . . . . "What are the Gospels : a comparison with Graeco-Roman biography" . . . "Che cosa sono i Vangeli? : studio comparativo con la biografia greco-romana" . . "Richard Burridge's acclaimed study of the Christian Gospels is significantly updated and expanded in this second edition. Here Burridge engages the field of Gospel studies over the last hundred years, arguing convincingly for viewing the Gospels as biographical documents of the sort common throughout the Graeco-Roman world. In pursuing the question of his book's title, Burridge compares the work of the Christian evangelists with that of Graeco-Roman biographers. Drawing on insights from literary theory, he demonstrates that the widespread view of the Gospels as unique is false and discusses what a properly \"biographical\" perspective means for Gospel interpretation. New to this second edition of What Are the Gospels? are a long final chapter detailing the recent paradigm shift in Gospel scholarship -- a shift due in large part to this very book -- a foreword by Graham Stanton, and an appendix on the absence of comparable early Jewish biographies. - Publisher." . . . . . . . . . . "Che cosa sono i vangeli? : studio comparativo con la biografia greco-romana" . . . "Che cosa sono i vangeli? : studio comparativo con la biografia greco-romana"@it . . "What are the Gospels? : a comparison with graeco-roman biography" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "What are the gospels? : comparison with Graeco-Roman biography" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "What are the Gospels? : a comparison with Graeco-Roman biography" . "What are the Gospels? : a comparison with Graeco-Roman biography"@en . "What are the Gospels ? : a comparison with Graeco-Roman biography" . . . . . . . . . . "What are the Gospels?"@it . . . "What are the gospels? : a comparison with Graeco-Roman biography"@en . . . "What are the gospels? :a comparison with Graeco-Roman biography" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "What are the Gospels? : a comparison with Greco-Roman biography" . . . . . "Che cosa sono i vangeli?"@it . . . . . . . . . "Literatura griega Historia y crítica." . . "Greek literature Relation to the New Testament." . . "Biographie Geschichte Altertum." . . "Classical biography." . . "Jesucrist." . . "Latein." . . "Letteratura greca - Riferimenti al Nuovo Testamento." . . "\"Bibbia. Nuovo Testamento. Vangeli\"" . . "Literatura grega." . . "Biographie." . . "Biografia." . . "Latin literature - Biography." . . "Letteratura ellenistica." . . "Biblia" . . "biographie genre littéraire littérature grecque antique \"Bible. NT. Evangiles\"" . . "Biografische Literatur." . . "Geschichte." . . "Littérature grecque hellénistique Histoire et critique." . . "Literatura grecka hellenistyczna historia i krytyka." . . "Bibbia N.T. - Vangeli - Critica letteraria." . . "Gèneres literaris." . . "Greek literature, Hellenistic History and criticism." . . . . "Greek literature - Biography." . . "Bible. N.T. Évangiles" . . "Bible. N.T. Gospels" . . "Greek literature, Hellenistic." . . "Evangelien Formgeschichte." . . "Religious biography History and criticism." . . "Biographische Literatur." . . "Biografies religioses." . . "Evangeliën." . . "Bible. Gospels" . . "Bible. Gospels." . "Biografie." . . "Littérature grecque Relation avec le Nouveau Testament." . . "Altertum (Epoche)" . . "Griechisch." . . "Biographies religieuses Histoire et critique." . . "Bibbia. N.T. Vangeli." . . "Biografieën." . . "Latein." . . "Bíblia com a obra literària." . . "Literatura grega hel·lenística." . . "Lebensbeschreibung." . . "Griechisch." . . "biographie critique rédactionnelle Jésus-Christ \"Bible. NT. Evangiles\"" . . "Biblia. N.T. Evangelios" . . "Bible. New Testament. Évangiles" . . "Griechische Literatur Neues Testament." . . "Neues Testament Griechische Literatur." . . "Literatura griega helenística Historia y crítica." . . "Biblia Critică şi interpretare." . . "Zeithintergrund." . . "Biblia. N.T. Evanghelii." . . "Jesus Christ - Biography." . . "Biografie religijne historia i krytyka." . .