Form Criticism : Two Essays on New Testament Research - Bultmann, Rudolf; Grant, Frederick C.; Kundsin, Karl (New York : Harper & Row, 1962)
The study of the Synoptic Gospels / by Rudolf Bultmann -- The problems and solutions of earlier research -- The new religious and literary-historical inquiries -- The distinction between the traditional material and its redaction: form criticism -- The laws governing popular narrative and tradition -- The various types of traditional material -- The gospels as a whole: worship, evangelism, legend, the three evangelists -- Results: our knowledge of the historical Jesus -- Primitive Christianity in the light of Gospel research / Karl Kundsin -- The point of departure -- Tradition and church life -- The primitive Palestinian church -- The transition to universalism, i.e. to Hellenism -- Conclusions: Jesus and the primitive Christian religion.
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