An Evaluation of Birger Gerhardsson’s Model in the Context of Contempo-rary Biblical Studies
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Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Bart Ehrman, early Christianity, Harald Riesenfeld, Birger Gerhardsson, origin of canonical gospels, rabbinic model, transmission of oral gospels, Scandinavian biblical schoolAbstract
This article examines Birger Gerhardsson’s model of oral gospel transmission in the context of recent research related to the question of the origin of the canonical gospels. The authors show the necessity of examining the rabbinic model through the example of modern biblical scholarship, in particular examining contemporary biblical scholar Bart Ehrman’s claims about the reliability of the gospel traditions. The article also gives the background to the emergence of the rabbinic model, outlining the theory and application of the model. The main section concludes with remarks on various aspects related to the appropriateness of the Gerhardsson model.
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