The Synoptic Gospels, Revised and Expanded: An Introduction

by Keith F. Nickle

Keith Nickle provides a revised and updated edition of a well-respected resource that fills the gap between cursory treatments of the Synoptic Gospels by New Testament introductions and exhaustive treatments in commentaries. In a clear and concise manner, Nickles explores the major issues of faith that influenced the writers of the Gospels. The Synoptic Gospels is helpful for classroom or personal use.

Genres: Religion, New Testament, Theology, Christian

215 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2001

Reviews

[Steven Preston]

Overall good intro to critical gospel scholarship. Last section on the gospels enduring significance for the church was underwhelming

[Tim Gresham]

This work on the Synoptic Gospels is from a theologically liberal viewpoint. Much of its presuppositions are from German Rationalism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As a result what has been the previously accepted historical authorship and early dates of the first three Gospels of the New Testament have been questioned and supposedly repudiated. Rather than being written by an Apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ or an associate of an Apostle, the latest scholarship suggests the authors of these once established Gospels are anonymous and written much later than the times of the apostles. Whether or not you agree or disagree with its presuppositions will be determined by whether or not you approach the text of Scripture in belief or disbelief.

[Seppe Boonen]

This was my textbook in uni. It isn't light.

[Barbara Jackson]

The Synoptic Gospels: An Introduction