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Resources from biblical scholarship
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What Are Extracanonical Texts?
Extracanonical (noncanonical) writings from early Christ groups are not in the New Testament canon but are valuable for understanding early Christianity.
What Genre Are Gospels?
New Testament gospels fit the Greco-Roman genre of a bios, a “life,” an ancient biography promoting the subject’s image, not expected to be a factual account.
What is Genre? Why Does Genre Matter?
Genre, the literary type of a biblical writing, tells us what to expect and not to expect from it.