Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Preface xi

Abbreviations xv

Introduction xvii

1 History and Faith 1

2 Jesus and the Gospels in the Twentieth Century 14

3 Jesus in the Gospels in the First Century 30

4 Diversity Among the Gospels 48

5 Explaining Diversity and Similarity in the Gospels 76

6 A Lost Sayings Gospel? 95

7 From Oral Tradition to Written Gospel 110

8 Early Christian Prophets and the Jesus Tradition 126

9 Searching for Jesus Among the Christs of Early Christian Faiths 135

Notes 153

Index of Modern Authors 169

Index of Ancient Literature 171