Beginnings: Keys That Open the Gospels

Hooker, M. D.

ISBN 10: 0334027101 / ISBN 13: 9780334027102

Published by SCM Press, 1997

About this Item

This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN:9780334027102.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beginnings: Keys That Open the Gospels
• Publisher: SCM Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0334027101
• ISBN 13: 9780334027102
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 200 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion & Theology

About this title

Synopsis

Shows how important the beginnings of the four Gospels are. If rightly read they help the reader to make sense of what follows, but because they come from such a different culture it is easy to miss some of the indications they give.

From the Back Cover

This book is about the "beginnings" or prologues to the four canonical Gospels, all of which provide background information, guidance about how each evangelist expects us to read his story, and hints of the denouement of the story. Beginnings therefore qualifies as a basic introduction to the contents of the Gospels and a helpful starting point for reading this literature. Using the metaphor of a key that opens a door, Morna Hooker moves sequentially through Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John as, respectively, a "dramatic key," a "prophetic key," a "spiritual key," and a "glorious key."

The manner in which the authors of the Gospels introduce their work, therefore, helps the reader make sense of what follows. The beginning paragraphs refer to topics to be dealt with in what follows and offer guidance as to the particular way in which the author feels the rest of the book should be read. The beginnings also contain significant hints as to what the end of the story will be.

Morna D. Hooker is Lady Margaret's Professor at Cambridge University and Fellow of Robinson College, She is the author of The Signs of a Prophet, also published by Trinity Press.