Gospels

MATERIALS ON THE FOUR GOSPELS
http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/
From the Felix Just S. J. Web site. Sections on the Gospels, charts, Mark, John, miracles. John vs. the Synoptics.

The Corrected Jesus
http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9405/revessay.html
Review by Richard B. Hays of the The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus. Edited by Robert W. Funk, Roy W. Hoover, and The Jesus Seminar.

The Synoptic Project
http://www.textexcavation.com/synopticproject.html

A SYNOPTIC GOSPELS PRIMER
http://religion.rutgers.edu/nt/primer/
Primer on the synoptic problem. Bible text taken from the RSV but research relies upon the Greek text. English translation and a hyper-glossary of technical terms makes study of the problem accessible to non-experts (cf. D.). Color coded according to double or triple tradition etc. Use Internet Explorer.

Simple Parallel Bible

Simple Parallel Bible

This is one that I can't adequately explain all the advantages of -- just go and play with it. This is how the site advertises itself:

The Simple Parallel Bible is a search and lookup tool that can be freely added to any PHP/MySQL website. It lets you link to multiple passages, in parallel (for side-by-side comparison) or in a list, all with a single link and without leaving your own site.

This is a versatile and very useful tool and, like many of the best on-line tools, its beauty is its simplicity. There is no question about what catches my interest -- its ability to create user-defined Synopses of the Gospels. The site itself illustrates this function, though it does not use the word "Synopsis", with this example:

Rich Young Ruler

Rubén Gómez illustrates it with this example:

Parable of the Salt

The point here is not just that there is a nice simple Gospel Synopsis in English available here. For that, you can do no better than John Marshall's Five Gospels Parallels. Rather,it is that the user can define what passages s/he wishes to view. Let us say that I want to look at the Temptations together, I type matt 4.1-11|mark 1.12-13|luke 4.1-13 into their search box and get this:

Temptations of Jesus

Or without even going to their search box, I can just write in URLs in this format: http://jesus.com.au/demo/bible/index.php?q=matt+4.1-11|mark+1.12-13|luke+4.1-13, substituting, of course, the passages I wanted to see together. Now the Temptation narrative is a pretty usual parallel to view and you can view it this way in all the Synopses. So let us say that I wanted to do something more unusual and to view Matt. 12.46-50 // Mark 3.31-35 // Luke 8.19-21 (Jesus' Mother and Brothers) alongside Luke 11.27-28 (Women in Crowd), I simply type in matt 12.46-50|mark 3.31-35|luke 8.19-21|luke 11.27-28, or I write http://jesus.com.au/demo/bible/index.php?q=matt+12.46-50|mark+3.31-35|luke+8.19-21|luke+11.27-28 and I get my parallel thus:

Matt. 12.46-50 // Mark 3.31-35 // Luke 8.19-21 and Luke 11.27-28

Now all that needs doing is to introduce the same techniques with the Greek NT and we will have something even more useful.

What a useful resource; this is just a taster. More on this anon.

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MATTHEW SECTION ( TEXT THIS WEEK)
http://www.textweek.com/matthew.htm
Matthew section of text this week. Mt texts used in the Lectionary. Links to resources and to liturgical celebrations.

TEXT THIS WEEK.
http://www.textweek.com/mtlk/matthew.htm
Lumikon General Productions. Mark texts used in the Lectionary. Link to General Resources. Links to analysis and to liturgical celebrations. Table of readings for RCL, Roman, Episcopal, United Methodist. Link brings you to the lectionary readings.

THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
http://www.rc.net/wcc/readings/matthew.htm
A commentary & meditation for daily reflection and study.

THE GOSPEL OF MARK
http://www.rc.net/wcc/readings/mark.htm
Don Schwager. A commentary & meditation for daily reflection and study.

TEXT THIS WEEK. MARK SECTION
http://www.textweek.com/mark.htm
Lumikon General Productions. Mark texts used in the Lectionary. Link to General Resources. Links to analysis and to liturgical celebrations. Table of readings for RCL, Roman, Episcopal, United Methodist. Link brings you to the lectionary readings.

WINDOWS INTO THE WORLD OF JESUS
http://www.columbusmennonite.org/Bible/default.htm
Studies in Mark's Gospel by Daniel P. Schrock. Thirteen topics on the cultural world of Jesus based primarily on the Gospel of Mark, e.g., Jesus and John the Baptist, Jesus and Purity. Commentary and Links. Originally created for an adult Christian education class.

MARK WITHOUT Q. A SYNOPTIC PROBLEM WEB PAGE
http://www.ntgateway.com/Q/
Edited by Dr. Mark Goodacre of the Univ. of Birmingham. A position against Q and the Two Source Hypothesis.

TEXT THIS WEEK. LUKE SECTION
http://www.textweek.com/luke.htm
Lumikon General Productions. Luke texts used in the Lectionary. Links to analysis and to liturgical celebrations. Table of readings for RCL, Roman, Episcopal, United Methodist. Link brings you to the lectionary readings.

GOSPEL OF LUKE. FOR DAILY REFLECTION AND STUDY
http://www.rc.net/wcc/readings/luke.htm
A commentary & mediation for daily reflection and study. For each unit of Luke (listed in a table) you are given the text and a meditation for each day. Can be useful for homily and actualization of the text.

THE GOSPEL OF LUKE (Anderson)
http://www.geocities.com/gospelofluke/
By Richard A. Anderson. Bibliography, articles, links, book reviews on Luke's Gospel, images.

THE JOHANNINE LITERATURE WEBSITE
http://catholic-resources.org/John/
By Felix Just SJ. Bibliography in 14 categories, Internet Discussion, Course, other links. See also Introductory Materials for the Fourth Gospel.

TEXT THIS WEEK. JOHN
http://www.textweek.com/john.htm
Lumikon General Productions. Mark texts used in the Lectionary. Link to General Resources. Links to analysis and to liturgical celebrations. Table of readings for RCL, Roman, Episcopal, United Methodist. Link brings you to the lectionary readings.

Felix Just, S.J., site on the Passion
http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/Passion.htm

Mark Goodacre
http://www.ntgateway.com/
Click on this site. Type in "Passion" in the Search window and this will bring up all the many entries M. Goodacre has made on The Passion of the Christ.

Meals in the New Testament
http://www.nd.edu/~jneyrey1/meals.html
Reader's Guide to Meals, Food and Table Fellowship in the New Testament. Jerome Neyrey, S. J.

NON-CANONICAL CHRISTIAN TEXTS
http://www.ntgateway.com/noncanon.htm
Compiled by Dr. Mark Goodacre of the University of Birmingham. Contents: New Testament Apocrypha, Gospel of Thomas etc.