Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-315) and index.
Contents
Oral traditions and oral inventions -- The history of invention -- Eyewitness testimonies and our surviving gospels -- Distorted memories and the death of Jesus -- Distorted memories and the life of Jesus -- Collective memory: our earliest gospel of Mark -- The kaleidoscopic memories of Jesus: John, Thomas, and a range of others -- In conclusion: a paean to memory.