Bloomberg, CL Jesus and the Gospel: Introduction and Investigation.
Nashville, Tennessee: Broadman & Holman Press, 1997.
Bloomberg is a New Testament professor at the Denver Theological Seminary in Colorado. He is also the author of the book Interpreting Metaphor and Historical Reliability. It is also a few articles in the journal [eg, "Seventy-seven Scholars: Jesus Seminar" Who really said? In the Christian Journal, the research journal is discussing the historical relativity of the Gospel and the theology of Jesus. The evaluation of the five parts of the book shows that anyone is eager to study the Gospel and its center seriously. The character, Jesus of Nazareth, must understand the time and work history of scholars engaged in New Testament studies.
In the first part, Bloomberg discusses the historical background of the study of the Gospel. He actually outlined the Earth period [the last quarter of the 5th century BC, highlighting the contributions of Joseph's Jewish antiquities and the Jewish war, as well as other works such as Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha. Bloomberg's powerful argument It is a key development, such as the Jews under Persian rule [424-331 BC], the Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic period [331-167 BC], the Greek rule under Alexander [331-323 BC], under Egyptian rule. Ptolemies [323-198 BC], Syrian rule under Seleucus [198-167 BC], Maccabee rebellion and Hasmonean dynasty [167063 BC], Roman period [63 BC to New Testament era] The Jewish situation must be correctly studied in the time of Jesus. In the field of religion, Jews are exposed to religions such as Hellenism, traditional mythology, philosophy, such as Stoicism, Epicureanism, Cynicism and New Pythagoras. Sis, mystical religion, Gnosticism and the emperor's beliefs. Hips. An overview of the socio-economic background helps us to read the Gospel better.
The second part is a study of several key or analytical tools used by scholars to help them understand how the Gospels appear in their present form. These include lower or textual criticism and higher criticism, which is further divided into two broad disciplines: historical criticism and literary criticism. His discussion of structuralism, poststructuralism, narrative, source, form, editorial and classic criticism is impressive. After a critical analysis, it is possible to conclude after the investigation that the history, theology and literary studies of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John have legitimate places. If not studied together, people may ignore the dimensions of the text and misunderstand them.
Canonical Gospels [Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John] is introduced in Chapter 3. The issues discussed in each book include structure, theology and other different topics, situations or purposes of writing and dating. A careful study of the first three Gospels or Psalms [Matthew, Mark and Luke] reveals the fundamental difference from John. Jesus ' baptism, transformation, metaphor, the Lord's Supper, to name a few, is the core of the absence of John. In addition, there are some prominent theological differences. Although the background and meaning of these signs have been debated, only John will refer to Jesus as the "Bible." [Greek, logo]. Bloomberg's research on the Gospel is impressive. For example, in his discussion of the Sermon on the Mount, he observed about 36 ways to explain the basic information and clearly summarized eight methods, including traditional Catholicism, Lutheranism, Rebaptism, and old Liberalism and post-millennial, intermediate ethics, existentialism, classic epochs and kingdom theology. His assessment is that although each has a truth element, it seems that the correct approach has been fully grasped.
In the fourth part, Bloomberg pays close attention to the life of Christ, paying close attention to his birth, childhood, early and late treaties, other teachings of Jesus, Matthew, Luke and John, passion, crucifixion and resurrection. He clearly presented the trend of the Jesus seminar to emphasize Jesus' statement, which is commendable. Therefore, one of the contributions to Bloomberg is that he consciously maintains a balance between history and theology.
In the fifth part, he discusses the historical reliability of the Gospel and the theology of Jesus, and successfully tried the synthesis of history and theology. He reasonably discussed text criticism, author and date, intention and type, authenticity criteria and specific external evidence. Archaeology, non-Christian workers, the contributions of the New Testament Christian writers after the New Testament, and the testimony of the rest of the New Testament cannot be underestimated. A careful study of Bloomberg's final chapter on Jesus' theology is necessary to understand his actions, to use and respond to various Christian titles, the most important being the Son of Man, the Son of God, the Lord and the Messiah. Other key advantages include his main problems and help focus reading. These questions that need to be reviewed help readers think about the contemporary meaning of the New Testament works. Many illustrations are user friendly. Theological perspectives are evangelical, but other positions are often noted, and further reading suggestions include literature from different persuasion. Chapter headings make it easy to follow the text structure.
One weakness may be that Bloomberg failed to discuss Paul's understanding of Christ's Red Death in detail, and he cited this. Despite this, Blomberg aptly pointed out that although the key themes in Paul's theology may differ from the mysticism of Jesus. Their own ideas, they also suggest stronger continuity.
I highly recommend this book to the students, non-professionals who wish to deepen the roots of the Bible, and pastors and schools seeking the current summary of the large number of scholarships in the Gospels.
Orignal From: Jesus and the Gospel - Introduction and Survey, Book Review
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