El significado del término euaggelion en los comienzos del cristianismo

Abstract

The study of the term “Gospel” (Greek: euaggelion) has been conducted in the framework of a diachronic model that has prevented to perceive clearly the various meanings that the first followers of Jesus gave to this word. However, the early Christian writings testify that these different meanings coexisted until the mid-second century. This study identifies two trajectories reflected in these writings and proposes an explanation of the meanings that the word “Gospel” acquired in them noting that they arose in a different context (the Land of Israel and the Diaspora), which determined the understanding of this keyword of the Christian sociolect.