Other Notes: "A Koinonian publication." Includes bibliographical references.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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 :…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183).
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; …
Abstract: This book follows Jesus through the fourteen most crucial "days" of his 3 1/2 years of public mission. It reveals the Master's infinite and loving character through his conversations with intimate associates and his sermons to all who would listen. Other Notes Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-224).
"Originally presented, in a modified form, as a series of lectures to the faculty and students of the St. Paul's United Theological College, Limuru, Kenya, in April 2005"--P. iv. Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-139) and index.
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…
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…
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…