![]() ![]() On page 93 of his book, Bauckham states his thesis as follows: The written Gospels, so Bauckham, contain oral history related to the personal transmission of eyewitness testimony, not merely oral tradition which is the result of the collective and anonymous transmission of material. ![]() According to Bauckham, the ideal source in ancient Greco-Roman literature was not the dispassionate observer, but the eyewitness. In this magnum opus Bauckham argues persuasively that the Gospels reflect (named) eyewitness testimony. ![]() Very likely the best book written in New Testament studies in 2006 is Jesus and the Eyewitnesses by Richard Bauckham (now in its second edition). ![]()
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