This booklet focuses on the part of the Bible everyone knows best: the Gospels. Or are they as well known as we think? Why are there four accounts of Jesus life and why do they sometimes give quite different accounts of the same events? It explores original sources (source criticism), discovers how the texts actually came together (form criticism), examines the differences between each Gospel (redaction criticism), and reflects on their message for us today (exegesis /practical theology).

Author Biography

JOHN HOLDSWORTH was previously Principal of St Michael's College Llandaf, and is now Archdeacon of St David's. He is the author of The SCM Study Guide to the Old Testament.