The Gospel according to Jesus : a new translation and guide to his essential …

Contents: The Gospel -- Commentary -- Baptism -- He begins to teach -- The first disciples -- At Capernaum -- First healings -- He heals a leper -- The Kingdom of God -- The inner light -- With the wicked -- The twelve -- He heals a paralytic -- The Beatitudes -- Fulfilling the law -- Charity -- Prayer -- Trust -- Providence -- You receive exactly what you give -- The narrow gate -- Hearing and…

Jesus' claims--our promises : a study of the "I am" sayings of Jesus / Maxie …

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ISBN/ISSN

0835805026

Physical Description

125 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 22 cm

Call Number

BT306.D92

Jesus and his times / Reader's digest.

Contents: Introduction : Jesus and the four Gospels -- The birth of the Savior -- A troubled land -- Classes and masses -- Village life -- Jerusalem, the holy city -- The life of the mind -- Trade and travel -- Religious conflict -- The mission of the Messiah -- Spread of the Gospel -- Places in Bible times -- Biblical citations. Abstract: The life of Jesus the Messiah with a descript…

The words and works of Jesus Christ : a study of the life of Christ / J. Dwig…

Contents: Introduction of the King -- The authentication of the King -- Controversy over the King -- Instruction of the twelve by the King -- Opposition to the King -- Preparation of the disciples by the King -- Official presentation of the King -- Preparation for the death of the King -- Rejection of the King -- The resurrection of the King -- Appendix A: background of the time of Christ -- Ge…

Jesus of Nazareth / by Günther Bornkamm ; translated by Irene and Fraser Mc…

Contents: Faith and history in the Gospels -- Period and environment -- Jesus of Nazareth -- The dawn of the kingdom of God -- The will of God -- Discipleship -- Jesus' journey to Jerusalem; suffering and death -- The Messianic question -- Jesus Christ. Other Notes Includes bibliographical references.

Jesus according to Scripture : restoring the portrait from the Gospels / Darr…

Contents: The four gospels : distinctive voices. Overviews of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John -- Jesus according to the Synoptists. The birth and childhood of Jesus : the hope of promise (Matt. 1-2; Luke 1-2) ; The backdrop to Jesus' ministry : John the Baptist, Jesus' baptism and temptations (Matt. 3:1-4:11; Mark 1:1-13; Luke 3:1-4:13) ; The initial portrait of Jesus' Galilean ministry : teachin…

The Jesus quest : the third search for the Jew of Nazareth / Ben Witherington…

Contents: Preface : the first two quests -- Galilee & the Galilean : Jesus in his social setting -- Jesus the talking head : the Jesus of the Jesus Seminar -- Jesus the itinerant cynic philosopher : the works of John Dominic Crossan, Burton Mack and F. Gerald Downing -- Jesus, man of the Spirit : the works of Marcus Borg, Geza Vermes and Graham H. Twelftree -- Jesus the eschatological prophet :…

Meeting Jesus again for the first time : the historical Jesus & the heart of …

Contents: Meeting Jesus again -- What manner of man? The pre-EasterJesus -- Jesus, compassion, and politics -- Jesus and wisdom: teacher of alternate wisdom -- Jesus, the wisdom of God: Sophia become flesh -- Images of Jesus and images of the Christian life. Abstract: Of the many recent books on the historical Jesus, none has explored what the latest biblical scholarship means for person…

I believe in the historical Jesus / by I. Howard Marshall.

Contents: The rediscovery of Jesus -- A question of definition -- Faith and the supernatural -- Historical Jesus or Christ of faith -- Faith and historical study -- The search for the historical Jesus -- The nature of the gospels -- The form of the gospel tradition -- The history of the gospel tradition -- The historical Jesus -- The historic Jesus. Abstract: Suggests what is meant by the his…

Ninety story sermons for children's church / by Marianne Radius ; linoleum cu…

Waiting for Jesus -- The man who saw an angel -- His name is John -- The Christmas gift -- The son of God becomes man -- The prayers taht were answered -- The seekers -- The boy Jesus -- Jesus shares our baptism -- The lamb of God -- Jesus finds his first disciples -- The dream -- Jesus resists Satan's temptation -- The house of God -- A visitor at night -- The great encounter -- Jesus goes to …

The God of Jesus : the historical Jesus and the search for meaning / Stephen …

Contents: Introduction. Who needs the historical Jesus? -- 1. The historical Jesus and the search for God: on the quest for the historical Jesus -- 2. Jesus and the empire of God: on dirt, shame, and sin in the expendable company of Jesus -- 3. The empire in a word: on the radical wisdom of Jesus -- 4. The empire in story: on the parables of Jesus -- 5. The empire of God is now: on Jesus and th…

Jesus : the evidence / Ian Wilson.

Contents: Introduction -- Discovering the documents -- The fallibility of the gospels -- Did Jesus even exist? -- Jesus, the Jew -- Flouter of convention -- Man of miracles -- Why was he killed? -- The empty tomb mystery -- How he became God -- The real Jesus.

The mind of Christ : the transforming power of thinking his thoughts / T.W. H…

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183).

The Jefferson Bible : the life and morals of Jesus of Nazareth / Thomas Jeffe…

Contents: Gospel according to Thomas Jefferson / Forrest Church -- Table of texts -- Life and morals of Jesus of Nazareth -- Jefferson and his contemporaries / Jaroslav Pelikan -- Index of extracts from the New Testament. Abstract: By audaciously cutting, rearranging, and pasting selections from the four gospels, Jefferson created a this small book of morals. Other Notes: Chiefly English; …

Messianic revelation in the Old Testament / Gerard van Groningen.

Contents: Part 1 : Introduction to the Messianic concept. The Messianic concept -- The source of the Messianic concept -- Part 2 : The Messianic concept in the Pentateuch : Genesis. Messianic revelation in the time of Adam -- Messianic revelation in the time of Noah -- Messianic revelation in the time of Abraham and Isaac -- Messianic revelation in the time of Jacob -- Part 3 : The Messianic co…

Jesus the Jew : a historian's reading of the Gospels / Geza Vermes.

Contents: Introduction: from Christianity to Jesus -- PART I: THE SETTING -- Jesus the Jew -- Jesus and Galilee -- Jesus and charismatic Judaism -- PART II: THE TITLES OF JESUS -- Jesus the prophet -- Jesus the lord -- Jesus the Messiah -- Jesus the son of man -- Jesus the son of God. Other Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-266) and indexes.

The Jesus I never knew / Philip Yancey.

Contents: pt. 1: Who He was. The Jesus I thought I knew -- Birth : the visited planet -- Background : Jewish roots and soil -- Temptation : showdown in the desert -- Profile : what would I have noticed? -- pt. 2: Why He came. Beatitudes : lucky are the unlucky -- Message : a sermon of offense -- Mission : a revolution of grace -- Miracles : snapshots of the supernatural -- Death : the final w…

The politics of Jesus : vicit Agnus noster / [by] John H. Yoder.

Contents: The possibility of a Messianic ethic -- The kingdom coming -- The implications of the jubilee -- God will fight for us -- The possibility of nonviolent resistance -- Trial balance -- The disciple of Christ and the way of Jesus -- Christ and power -- Revolutionary subordination -- Let every soul be subject : Romans 13 and the authority of the state -- Justification by grace through fai…

Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls / [edited by] James H. Charlesworth, with inte…

Contents: Dead sea scrolls and the historical Jesus / James H. Charlesworth -- Jesus and the temple scroll / Otto Betz -- Membership in the covenant people at Qumran and in the teaching of Jesus / Howard C. Kee -- Recovering Jesus' formative background / Paolo Sacchi -- Jesus as "Son" and the righteous teacher as "Gardener" / James H. Charlesworth -- Parable of the unjust steward : Jesus' criti…

Portraits of Christ in scripture : images from Mark, John, and Paul / Robert …

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ISBN/ISSN

0881770477

Physical Description

v, 82 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Call Number

BT202 .W72