The Gospels: General Resources
(Check the Scripture Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific books and pericopes)

• The Gospels at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
• "The Gospels," and "The Apocryphal Gospels," from A Historical Introduction to the New Testament, Robert M. Grant, 1963. Full text at Religion Online.
• "The Gospels," from Introduction to the Bible: Online Resources, Carol Taylor, Chowan College.
• "The Myth of a Gentile Galilee," Mark A. Chancey, Bible and Interpretation, 2003.
• Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus. Mahlon H. Smith's companion to the historical study of Christian scriptures.
• The Modern Reader's Guide to the Gospels, William Hamilton, 1960. Full text at Religion Online.
• "When Did the Gospels Become Scripture?" D. Moody Smith, Journal of Biblical Literature, 2000. (This URL links entire journal in one .pdf file. Slow connections will require long download times.)
• "The Gospel Genre: What Are We After?" Tom Thatcher, Cincinnati Bible College and Seminary.
• Kerygma and Myth, Rudolf Bultmann and Five Critics. Full text of book at Religion Online.
• "Are the Gospels Mythical?" Rene Girard, at Leadership U.
• "Jesus' Proclamation of the Kingdom of God," and "The Jerusalem Temple and the New Testament," by Professor Barry D. Smith, Atlantic Baptist University, in Religious Studies 1023: The New Testament and Its Context.
• "Parables and their Social Contexts," Chapter 6 in What Are They Saying about the Parables? by David Gowler (Paulist Press, 2000).
• "The Gospels and the Life of Jesus," Part Two of An Introduction to the New Testament by Richard Heard. Full text of book online at Religion Online.
• Sepphoris, from Hebrew University's Institute of Archaeology.
• "Using Literary Criticism on the Gospels," Robert M. Fowler, 1982. Religion Online.
• Why Four Gospels?, Arthur Pink (1921). From Wheaton's Christian Classics Ethereal Library.
• The Training of the Twelve by A.B. Bruce, at Wheaton's Christian Classics Ethereal Library.
• A Comparative Chart of the Four Gospels, by Felix Just, S.J., Loyola Marymount University. Not a harmony or a parallel, but a comparison of date, style of Greek, geographical focus, literary features, etc.
• Second Temple Synagogues, website by Donald D. Binder.
• "The Second Temple at the Time of Jesus," Shelley Cohney in Gesher: The Journal of the Council of Christians and Jews, 1998.
• "Rethinking Christian Charicatures of First Century Judaism," Nigel B. Mitchell, at the Jewish-Christian Relations site.
• "How the Gospels Were Composed: Observations for Introductory Students," Greg Carey, Winthrop University.
• "For the Possibility of Miracles," by Richard Swinburne. At Faith Quest.
• D. Böhler, "Jesus als Davidssohn bei Lukas und Micha," Biblica 79 (1998) 532-538. English language Abstract.
• U. Victor, "Was Ein Texhistoriker zur Entstehung der Evangelien sagen kann," Biblica 79 (1988) 499-519. (English language) abstract.
• "Three Levels of Tradition in the Gospels," Instruction of the Pontifical Bible Commission, 1998.
• Sets of Illustrating Quotations at Quotelopedia:
  • Jesus the Prophet
  • Jesus the Priest
  • Jesus the King
• "A Zooarchical Model for the Study of Ethnic Diversity at Sepphoris," Eric M. Meyers and Billy J. Grantham, Constructs of Ancient History and Religion Group, AAR/SBL, 1997.