Richard Bauckham. He gives special attention to the aphorisms which encapsulate James' wisdom, and to the way that James' teaching closely resembles that of Jesus. In Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, Richard Bauckham proposes that traditions about Jesus in the Gospels are closely based on eyewitness testimony.In fact, he contends that all of the Gospels except Matthew possess clues suggesting their direct dependence on eyewitness testimony.

(Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2017), 680 pp. Noted New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption that the stories about Jesus circulated as “anonymous community traditions,” asserting instead that they were transmitted in the names of the original eyewitnesses. Noted New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption that the accounts of Jesus circulated as "anonymous community traditions," asserting instead that they were transmitted in the name of the original eyewitnesses. Excavations of burials at the Qumran community suggest that few men lived beyond forty in this period. Bauckham talks of the `continuing presence' of eyewitnesses. Richard Bauckham’s groundbreaking work challenged more than a century of Jesus scholarship and signaled a paradigm shift in how scholars understand the origins of the canonical Gospels.
This new book argues that the four Gospels are closely based on eyewitness testimony of those who knew Jesus.

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Biblical Scholar and Theologian. Richard Bauckham explores the historical and literary contexts of the Epistle of James, discussing the significance of James as the brother of Jesus and leader of the early Jerusalem church. Noted New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption that the accounts of Jesus circulated as "anonymous community traditions," asserting instead that they were transmitted in the name of the original eyewitnesses. Wright. However, a close second would be the newly-released second edition of Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony by University of St. Andrews NT professor Richard Bauckham (Eerdmans, 2017). This critically acclaimed work argues that the four Gospels are based on the eyewitness testimony of those who personally knew Jesus. Richard Bauckham, the retiring Professor of New Testament at St Andrews University in Scotland, is one of the best-informed and most original New Testament scholars of this generation. Book Review: Richard Bauckham, “Jesus and the Eyewitnesses” September 12, 2014 Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on … Excavations of burials at the Qumran community suggest that few men lived beyond forty in this period. This critically acclaimed work, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses argues that the four Gospels are based on the eyewitness testimony of those who personally knew Jesus. I n this hugely enjoyable and thought-provoking study, Richard Bauckham argues that the Gospels bring us much closer to eyewitness testimony than scholars usually realize.