The Historical Evidence for the Virgin Birth

About this eBook

Author

Taylor, Vincent, 1887-1968

Language

English

LoC Class

BT: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Doctrinal theology, God, Christology

Subject

Jesus Christ -- Nativity

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 54858

Release Date

June 6, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Contents — Preface — Abbreviations — Chapter I. The Virgin Birth And The New Testament Outside The First And Third Gospels
2. 2.I. St. Paul
3. 3.II. Q
4. 4.III. St. Mark's Gospel
5. 5.IV. Acts
6. 6.V. The Epistle to the Hebrews
7. 7.VI. The Fourth Gospel
8. 8.VII. The Pastoral and the Catholic Epistles and the Apocalypse
9. 9.VIII. Summary — Chapter II. The Virgin Birth And The Third Gospel
10. 10.I. Narratives and Passages Said to be Inconsistent With the View — (a) Lk. iii. 22, according to the “ Western Text ” — (b) The Lukan Genealogy and Lk. iii. 23 — (c) The Narratives of Lk. ii — (d) The References to Joseph and Mary in Lk. ii — (e) Lk. ii. 5
11. 11.II. The Passage Lk. i. 34 f — (a) The Interpretation of Lk. i. 34 f — (b) The Purport of the Angelic Announcement in Lk. i. 30-3 — (c) Reasons for regarding Lk. i. 34 f. as a Later Insertion
12. 12.III. Summary and Conclusion — Chapter III. St. Luke and the Virgin Birth
13. 13.I. Lk. i. 34 f. and the Textual Question
14. 14.II. Linguistic and Stylistic Examination of Lk. i. 34 f — a. — b. — c.
15. 15.III. Summary and Conclusion — Chapter IV. The Place Of The Virgin Birth In The Third Gospel
16. 16.I. A Suggested Theory
17. 17.II. Literary Conditions Under Which the Gospels Were Written
18. 18.III. The Objections to Which the Above Theory is Exposed
19. 19.IV. Certain Consequences — Chapter V. The Virgin Birth And The First Gospel
20. 20.I. The Characteristics of the Genealogy
21. 21.II. The Genuineness of Mt. i, ii
22. 22.III. The Unity of Mt. i, ii — 1. The Genealogy — 2. The Passage Mt. i. 18-25
23. 23.IV. Implications, Sources, and Results
24. 24.Appendix To Chapter V. The Textual Problem of Mt. i. 16 — I. — II. — III. — IV. — Chapter VI. The Historical Question: Its Limits And Bearings
25. 25.I. The Virgin Birth in the First and Third Gospels
26. 26.II. The Date of the Gospels in Relation to the Virgin Birth Tradition
27. 27.III. The Relation of the Question of the Historical Value of the Gospels to the Problem
28. 28.IV. The Question of Alternative Theories
29. 29.V. Doctrinal Considerations — Index — Footnotes

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