Geschichte des Urchristenthums

This three-volume work of 1838 recounts the history of Palestinian Judaism at the time of Jesus by using primary sources.

August Friedrich Gfrörer (Author)

9781108053679, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 August 2012

806 pages
21.6 x 14 x 4.5 cm, 1.01 kg

A keen student of theology, August Friedrich Gfrörer (1803–61) became professor of history at the University of Freiburg and also sat as a representative in the Frankfurt parliament, agitating for the reunification of Protestantism and Catholicism. This three-volume work, published in 1838, may be regarded as marking the modern period in the Christian study of Judaism. Gfrörer was the first scholar who attempted to recount the history of Palestinian Judaism at the time of Jesus by using primary source material and without pursuing an obvious apologetic or polemic agenda. More than 2,000 pages in length, the work is a formidable scholarly achievement of lasting value in the field of religious studies. Volume 2 discusses the authenticity and literary character of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. According to Gfrörer, the Gospel of John has a distinct character which sets it apart from the other Gospels.

Part I. Lukas: 1. Unsicherheit der alten Zeugnisse über die Aechtheit neutestamentlicher Schriften
2. Zusammensetzung des Evangeliums Lucä
3. Die Sage von der Kindheit Jesu, sammt seiner Wirksamkeit am See Tiberias
4. Die Sage von der Wirksamkeit Christi ausserhalb Galiläa und vor dem lezten Aufenthalte in Jerusalem
5. Die Sage von den lezten Schicksalen Christi in Jerusalem
6. Zusammensetzung der Apostelgeschichte
Part II. Matthäus: 7. Das Matthäus-Evangelium
8. Das Alter der beiden Evangelien des Lukas und Matthäus
Part III. Markus: 9. Zusammensetzung des zweiten Evangeliums
10. Beweis, dass sich in den drei synoptischen Evangelien viel unhistorisches finde
11. Das Evangelium Johannis und seine Beschaffenheit.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]