Who Chose the Gospels?

Cover......Page 1
Front......Page 3
ISBN......Page 4
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 8
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 10
LIST OF TABLES......Page 11
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 12
INTRODUCTION: DROWNING IN A SEA OF GOSPELS......Page 13
I - THE PROOF IS IN THE PAPYRI? GOSPEL BESTSELLERS FROM EGYPTIAN GARBAGE DUMPS......Page 19
2 - SILENCING THE BISHOP, PART I: THE LONELY IRENAEUS......Page 46
3 - SILENCING THE BISHOP, PART II: THE UGLY IRENAEUS......Page 64
4 - IRENAEUS' 'CO-CONSPIRATORS': A TEACHER, A PREACHER AND A CANON-LIST MAKER......Page 81
5 - 'PACKAGING' THE GOSPELS: OF HARMONIES, SYNOPSES, AND CODICES......Page 113
6 - PREACHING AND TEACHING THE GOSPELS: JUSTIN MARTYR AND THE APOSTLES' MEMOIRS......Page 133
7 - JUSTIN'S 'CO-CONSPIRATORS': THE GOSPELS AS PUBLIC DOCUMENTS......Page 161
8 - SOME 'PROTO-CONSPIRATORS': TWO FORGERS AND AN APOLOGIST......Page 171
9 - SOME 'CO-PROTO-CONSPIRATORS': THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS......Page 193
10 - THE SEARCH FOR AN 'ARCH-CONSPIRATOR': A BISHOP, AN ELDER AND AN ELDERLY APOSTLE......Page 219
11 - WHO CHOSE THE GOSPELS?......Page 238
APPENDIX: DATES OF THE EARLIEST MANUSCRIPTS OF THE CANONICAL GOSPELS......Page 260
GLOSSARY......Page 263
END NOTES......Page 268
INDEX......Page 301