This analysis shows classification of Gospels as biographies may influence our understanding of historical Jesus, suggesting an important link to chronology.
The primary aim of this study is to assess whether the contemporary consensus on the genre of the Gospels has contributed to a deeper understanding of early Christianity and the historical Jesus. I demonstrate that many modern scholars tend to understand the classification of the Gospels as biographies only as a matter of taxonomy, overlooking the broader implications of this perspective, namely, for areas such as the purpose of the Gospels, study of Jesus’s self-understanding, and chronology of his life.
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Magdalena Vytlačilová (2025) studied this question.
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