| Edition |
New revised and expanded edition. |
| Description |
viii, 189 pages ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Questions: -- Do the gospel stories present an accurate factual account of the teaching and deeds of Jesus of Nazareth? -- How much can we claim to know about the Jesus of history? -- Do the apocryphal gospels tell us anything important about Jesus of Nazareth? -- Is not such an approach to the Jesus of history and to the canonical gospels tantamount to an implicit reduction in Christian faith and contrary to a centuries-long tradition of gospel interpretation? -- How historical are infancy narratives of the Matthean and Lucan gospels? -- Does the story of the virgin birth record simple historical fact or are there other possible ways of understanding it? -- How are we to understand the references to the brothers and sisters of Jesus in the New Testament? -- How are the gospel accounts of Jesus' baptism to be understood? -- How are the gospel accounts of Jesus' temptations to be understood? -- What themes in the gospels are accepted as representing the teachings of Jesus Himself? -- What did Jesus teach about the Kingdom of God? -- How are Jesus' sayings and parables to be understood, also His Sermon on the Mount? -- How are the gospel accounts of Jesus' miracles to be understood? -- How are Jesus' words to Simon Peter at Caesarea Philippi to be understood? -- How are Jesus' words and actions at the Last Supper to be understood? -- Who was responsible for the death of Jesus? -- Are there different interpretations of Jesus as the Christ (or different Christologies) in the New Testament? -- How are references to the resurrection of Jesus in the New Testament to be interpreted? -- How are New Testament references to the ascension of Jesus to be understood? -- Did Jesus clearly claim to be God? -- Did Jesus of Nazareth know all things, even about the future? -- What is to be said of the titles Messiah or Christ, Son of Man, Son of God, Lord, etc.? -- After the resurrection was Jesus proclaimed unambiguously from the start as Son of God, equal to the Father? -- In what sense can it be said that Jesus was the Redeemer of the world? -- Did Jesus found the church? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-166) and indexes. |
| Subject |
Jesus Christ -- History of doctrines -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
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Bible. Gospels -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| ISBN |
0809132532 paperback $7.95 (est.) |
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