Writing the Gospels

Catherine Sider Hamilton is Professorial Fellow for Teaching and Research, New Testament at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, Canada.Joel Willitts is Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Northpark University, USA.

• List of ContributorsPrefacePermissionsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Francis Watson’s Gospel Writing and the Fourfold Gospel: Engaging a “New Paradigm”, Catherine Sider HamiltonPart I Critical Assessments of Gospel Writing and the Fourfold Gospel Chapter 1 Gospels before Normativization: A Critique of Francis Watson’s Gospel Writing, Richard BauckhamChapter 2 Fourfold Gospel Writing, Markus BockmuehlPart II Gospel Writing and Gospel SourcesChapter 3 Ancient Biography and the Development of the Canonical Collection, Richard A. BurridgeChapter 4 What Does Thomas Have to Do with Q? The Afterlife of a Sayings Gospel, Mark Goodacre Chapter 5 Gospels in the First and Second Century and the Origin of the “Fourfold Gospel”: A Critical Appraisal of Francis Watson’s Gospel Writing, Jens Schröter Part III Gospel Writing and the Fourfold GospelChapter 6 Revelatory Epistemology in the Gospel according to Matthew in Dialogue with Francis Watson’s “Canonical Perspective”, Jonathan T. PenningtonChapter 7 Messiah Language and Gospel Writing, Joshua W. Jipp Chapter 8 Quartet for the End of Time: The Fourfold Gospel, History, and Matthew’s Birth Narrative, Catherine Sider Hamilton Chapter 9 Gospel Contradictions, Harmonizations, and Historical Truth: Francis Watson and Origen’s Comprehensive Paradigm Shift, Frederik S. MulderChapter 10 Gospel Optics, Margaret M. MitchellChapter 11 Singing the Gospels: Beyond the Bookish Text, Ephraim Radner Part IV Francis Watson’s ResponseChapter 12 A Reply to my Critics, Francis Watson Bibliography Index of Subjects Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources

This is not simply a critical review of Watson’s writing, but a project that carries forward his work with fresh discussions. It is an essential volume for students and scholars seeking to understand the landscape of current gospel studies and to explore new directions within it.