TY - BOOK AU - Bultmann, Rudolf AU - Grant, Frederick C. AU - Kundsin, Karl TI - Form Criticism : : Two Essays on New Testament Research AV - BS2555 .G683 1962 PY - 1962/// CY - New York : PB - Harper & Row, KW - Bible.—Gospels—Criticism, interpretation, etc..Church history—Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.Bible.—N.T.—Gospels—Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - The study of the Synoptic Gospels / by Rudolf Bultmann -- The problems and solutions of earlier research -- The new religious and literary-historical inquiries -- The distinction between the traditional material and its redaction: form criticism -- The laws governing popular narrative and tradition -- The various types of traditional material -- The gospels as a whole: worship, evangelism, legend, the three evangelists -- Results: our knowledge of the historical Jesus -- Primitive Christianity in the light of Gospel research / Karl Kundsin -- The point of departure -- Tradition and church life -- The primitive Palestinian church -- The transition to universalism, i.e. to Hellenism -- Conclusions: Jesus and the primitive Christian religion ER -