Jesus Christ, by the Very Rev. Dr. Joseph Armitage Robinson, dean of Westminster, constituting a critical outline of the gospel story.
Christianity, by Dr. George William Knox, late professor of philosophy and history of religion, Union Theological Seminary, New York City.
In outlining a course of study on the New Testament, the order of the books as printed in English Bibles will not be followed absolutely. Here, as in studying the Old Testament, a rearrangement may be worth while for topical study.
The Gospels
But first the student should read the article Gospel, by the Rev. Dr. Vincent Henry Stanton, professor of divinity, Cambridge, and author of The Gospels as Historical Documents, etc.; and the article by Dr. Kirsopp Lake on Tatian the compiler of the Diatessaron or “Gospel of the Four Gospels.”
For the gospel story the student should read the following separate articles:
John the Baptist, Herod Antipas, Salome, Joseph (Vol. 15, p. 513, col. 2), Mary, Immaculate Conception, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Nazarenes, Ebionites, Galilee, Capernaum, Cana, Jordan, Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew, Judas, Demonology, Possession, Exorcism, Miracle, Mary Magdalene, Nathanael, Pharisees, Sadducees, Sabbath, Passover, Eucharist, Parable, Caesarea Philippi, Judaea, Jerusalem, Bethany, Olives, Mount of; Gethsemane, Pilate, Calvary, Joseph of Arimathaea.
In studying the separate Gospels, let the reader follow the order suggested in the articles Gospel and Jesus Christ.
First he should study the article Mark, Gospel of, by Dr. Stanton; the article on St. Mark, by Dr. James Vernon Bartlett, professor of Church History, Mansfield College, Oxford, and, for a summary of the points in the Marcan or Galilean narrative as contrasted with the Jerusalem narrative in regard to the betrayal of Jesus and the period immediately following, the article on St. Peter by Dr. Kirsopp Lake.
Matthew, Gospel of St., by Dr. Vincent H. Stanton, and Matthew, by Dr. J. V. Bartlett; with particular attention to the paragraph on additions to Mark’s narrative in Vol. 15, p. 355, and to the stress on the Messianic character, the mention of the church and of St. Peter as the Rock in chapter 16.