Story As History, History As Story by Samuel Byrskog
The Gospel Tradition in the Context of Ancient Oral History
This study situates the Gospel tradition within Greco-Roman oral historiography, arguing that early Christian storytellers functioned as historians who collected and shaped eyewitness testimony. It critiques form-critical assumptions by foregrounding autopsy, informants, memory, and performance as key dynamics in the transmission from oral reports to written narratives. The result is a nuanced model showing how story and history interpenetrate, yielding narratively crafted yet historically responsible portrayals of Jesus and the early movement.
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