Gospel Writing: A Canonical Perspective

That there are four canonical versions of the one gospel story is often seen as a problem for Christian faith: for, where gospels multiply, so too do apparent tensions and contradictions that may seem to undermine their truth claims.  
  
In *Gospel Writing*, Francis Watson argues that differences and tensions between canonical gospels represent opportunities for theological reflection, not problems for apologetics. In exploring this claim, he proposes nothing less than a new paradigm for gospel studies -- one that engages fully with the available noncanonical gospel material so as to illuminate the historical and theological significance of the canonical.Read less