Gospels and Christobiography

Doors open at 10 AM, and the program begins at 10:30.

The canonical gospels are ancient biographies, narratives of Jesus’s life. The authors of these gospels were intentional in how they handled historical information and sources.

Building on recent work in the study of ancient biographies, Craig Keener argues in his latest book Christobiography that the writers of the canonical gospels followed the literary practices of other biographers in their day. During our time together, Keener will explore the character of ancient biography and urge us to appreciate the gospel writers’ method and degree of accuracy in recounting the ministry of Jesus. This topic has far-reaching implications for the study of the canonical gospels and historical-Jesus research.