Caleb T. Friedeman (PhD, Wheaton College) is a Wesleyan pastor-theologian dedicated to teaching, preaching, and writing in service to the church. He currently serves as David A. Case Chair of Biblical Studies and associate research professor of New Testament at Ohio Christian University.
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New Book: Gospel Birth Narratives and Historiography
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Unlike most books today, this one actually breaks new ground. Caleb Friedeman makes a compelling argument that authors of full biographies near the first century based the primary features of their birth narratives on prior information. He also provides evidence that Matthew and Luke likewise depend on prior sources. If Friedeman is correct, scholars will need to begin to reevaluate historical memory in our first-century stories about Jesus’s infancy." Caleb Friedeman’s Gospel Birth Narratives and Historiography is a groundbreaking work that reclaims the Gospel birth narratives as serious contributions to ancient historiography. . . . This book is essential for anyone seeking to understand the Gospels as both theology and history." |
