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Additional Resources for
Session 10: Reading the Gospels Again
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Birth Narratives
Passion Narrative
The following chapters in books by Bishop John Shelby Spong are relevant to questions of history and metaphor in the Gospels:
Liberating the Gospels: Reading the Bible with Jewish Eyes (1996)
11. Jewish Starts in the Stories of Jesus' birth (185-99)
12. Joseph: The Shadowy Figure (201-18)
13. How the Virgin Birth Tradition Began (219-32)
14. He Died According to the Scriptures, I (233-45)
15. He Died According to the Scriptures, II (247-55)Born of a Woman (1992)
8. Behind Luke--An original Pageant? (99-112)
9. Luke's Story, Part I (113-36)
10. Luke's Story, Part II (137-59)The text of these 37 sayings common to the Gospel of Thomas and the Sayings Gospel Q is available online through the FFF site in several different formts.
Summary notes and selected extracts from "The Word was Made Flesh and Dwelt Among Us: Jesus Research and Christian Faith." in D. Donnelly (ed.), Jesus. A Colloquium in the Holy Land with James D.G. Dunn, Daniel J. Harrington, Elizabeth A. Johnson, John P. Meier and E.P. Sanders. New York: Continuum, 2001. Pages 146-66.
The text is available online from the Gospel of Thomas homepage. It is also available in the following books—
Robert W. Funk, Roy W. Hoover & the Jesus Seminar, The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus. (Santa Rosa: Polebridge Press, 1993)
Robert J. Miller (ed), The Complete Gospels. Annotated Scholars Version. (2nd edition. Santa Rosa: Polebridge Press, 1994)
Historical Jesus studies A dedicated gateway for historical Jesus links. On the FFF site. HJ Thanksgiving Prayer Eucharistic Prayer drawing on sayings and acts of the historical Jesus. Prepared by Gary Botha. Revised text: Feb 2002. The earlier version is also available on this site. An online forum specifically for developing personal spiritual journeys informed by the wisdom and the practice of the historical Jesus.
In the Name of Jesus: Contested claims to the legacy of Jesus.
Gregory C. Jenks. Address to snowStar Institute of Religion Conference: The New Niagara - Celebrating Human Diversity & the Search for Meaning (Niagara Falls, Canada) Marxh 12-15, 2002.
JESUS database Annotated online inventory of all extant items in the ancient Jesus traditions, with historical assessments by selected scholars and links to related files on this site. Jesus, Wisdom and our World Online article by Elizabeth A. Johnson available from the Priests & People web site. Send us your suggestions for more supplementary materials!
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