What the Gospels meant

Inroduction: What is a Gospel?

Mark : report from the suffering body of Jesus

Persecution in Syria

Messianic signs

Mark's artistry

Matthew : report from the teaching body of Jesus

Birth narrative

Sermon on the Mount

Death and resurrection

Luke : report from the reconciling body of Jesus

Nativity

A Jesus for outcasts

A healing death

John : report from the mystical body of Jesus

Word into world

The inner life

Life out of death

Epilogue: How to read the Gospels.