Interpreting the gospels / [electronic resource] edited by James Luther Mays.

"The essays ... collected in this volume appeared originally in ... the periodical Interpretation: a journal of Bible and theology."

Includes bibliographical references.

Gospel in the theology of Paul / Joseph A. Fitzmyer -- The Gospel and the Gospels / Charles H. Talbert -- The Gospel in four editions / Jack Dean Kingsbury -- The hermeneutical significance of four gospels / Robert Morgan -- Interpreting the gospel of Matthew / Charles E. Carlston -- The form and message of Matthew / Jack Dean Kingsbury -- The Messiah of Israel as teacher of the gentiles : the setting of Matthew's Christology / Lloyd Gaston -- The church in Matthew / James P. Martin -- Mark as interpreter of the Jesus traditions / Paul J. Achtemeier -- Mark's gospel in recent research / Howard Clark Kee -- Jesus as the parable of God in the gospel of Mark / John R. Donahue -- The portrayal of the life of faith in the gospel of Mark / Eduard Schweizer -- Interpreting the gospel of Luke / Arland J. Hultgren -- Shifting sands : the recent study of the Gospel of Luke / Charles H. Talbert -- Salvation and discipleship in Luke's gospel / Ralph P. Martin -- The shape of Luke's gospel in lectionaries / Frederick W. Danker -- The audience of the fourth evangelist / Paul S. Minear -- Community and gospel : vectors in fourth gospel criticism / Robert Kysar -- The presentation of Jesus in the fourth gospel / D. Moody Smith -- Johannine ecclesiology : the community's origins / Raymond E. Brown.