Contents: Introduction -- Paul -- Mark -- Matthew -- Luke-Acts -- John -- Hebrews -- 1 Peter -- 1 John -- Revelation -- Epilogue. Abstract: "Convinced that Christ's crucifixion cannot be interpreted in isolation from his resurrection, Morna Hooker here gives a comprehensive and inspiring survey of the New Testament's teaching about the death of Christ." "By looking closely at the great var…
Contents: 1. The plot to kill Jesus -- The conspiracy is born -- Christ is anointed for his burial -- The traitor makes his deal -- 2. The last Passover -- The last Passover prepared -- The feast eaten -- The evil deed foretold -- The traitor unmasked -- A new feast instituted -- 3. A warning against over-confidence -- The disciples' insufficiency -- Christ's perfect sufficiency -- 4. The agony…
Contents: The Gospel account -- The historical setting -- Modern archaeology -- The reliability of the Gospels -- Ancient documents -- The Apocrypha -- The Hebrew trial -- The Roman trial -- The punishment -- The political show trial -- Civil disobedience -- The closing argument. Other Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-222).
Contents: Part One: The mystery of resurrection -- The reality of the resurrection -- A risen crucified Christ -- Resurrection and God's new order -- The resurrection tradition -- Part Two: The passion of Jesus Christ -- The patterns of sin -- The crossed man -- The mystery of God -- The gospel traditions -- Epilogue: The promise of salvation.
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: 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…
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.
Contents: Why this book has been written. The story of a crippled man ; The situation in outline ; A challenge ; A note on exegesis and theology -- Questions of method, hermeneutics and criteria. Jesus of Nazareth, norm and criterion of any interpretation of Jesus ; Criteria for a critical identification of the historical Jesus ; Justification for the structure of this book, as according with t…