![]() ![]() Good historians in the ancient Mediterranean world relied on as much participation in events as they could and next on eyewitness testimony. The key word for what the Gospels supply is “testimony”–a term with both historical and theological implications. In a short introductory chapter, Bauckham stakes out his turf in the crowded field of studies that relate the canonical Gospels to the historical Jesus. But given my bias for the significance of the topic of Gospels' reliability, my perspective may be slightly skewed! This work might just be the most important one that he has ever written. We can only hope that Jesus and the Eyewitnesses is far from the last major monograph that he composes. ![]() Andrews in Scotland before his retirement. This is the last academic year that Richard Bauckham teaches full-time in his post as professor of New Testament studies and Bishop Wardlaw Professor at the University of St. ![]() Grand Rapids and Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2006. Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony. ![]()
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