Jesus Now and Then

by Richard A. Burridge

Author	: Richard A. Burridge
Publisher	: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages	: 240
Release	: 2004
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 9780802809773

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"Jesus Now and Then" engagingly traces the changing images of Jesus in scholarship and popular culture from the time of the early church to the present day. Who did Jesus think he was? Did the early church take a man and make him into God? Was Christianity actually invented by Paul? How has Jesus been treated in the centuries since? What contemporary views are compatible with a traditional understanding of Scripture? Richard Burridge and Graham Gould leave no stone unturned in detailing Jesusb life and legacy. They start with the evidence about Jesus found in the New Testament and then go on to explore the early-church debates as a way of tackling contemporary issues. They also discuss how the figure of Jesus has been portrayed through history, how his teachings have been understood, and how he has come to be worshiped by Christians around the world. This essential historical information sets current questions and controversies about Jesus into context and helps to explain the many different views and interpretations of him now on offer.

Jesus Then and Now

by Marvin Meyer

Author	: Marvin Meyer
Publisher	: A&C Black
Total Pages	: 308
Release	: 2001-03-01
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 9781563383441

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Conservative and liberal theologians engage each other in this provocative collection of essays, discussing the place of faith, the nature of history, the character of literary texts, and the purpose of theology. Original.

God and Empire

by John Dominic Crossan

Author	: John Dominic Crossan
Publisher	: Harper Collins
Total Pages	: 276
Release	: 2009-03-17
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 006174428X

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The bestselling author and prominent New Testament scholar draws parallels between 1st–century Roman Empire and 21st–century United States, showing how the radical messages of Jesus and Paul can lead us to peace today Using the tools of expert biblical scholarship and a keen eye for current events, bestselling author John Dominic Crossan deftly presents the tensions exhibited in the Bible between political power and God’s justice. Through the revolutionary messages of Jesus and Paul, Crossan reveals what the Bible has to say about land and economy, violence and retribution, justice and peace, and ultimately, redemption. He examines the meaning of “kingdom of God” prophesized by Jesus, and the equality recommended to Paul by his churches, contrasting these messages of peace against the misinterpreted apocalyptic vision from the book of Revelations, that has been co-opted by modern right-wing theologians and televangelists to justify the United State’s military actions in the Middle East.

Searching for the Real Jesus

by Geza Vermes

Author	: Geza Vermes
Publisher	: SCM Press
Total Pages	: 199
Release	: 2013-02-11
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 0334048281

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Geza Vermes is the greatest living Jesus scholar. In "The Real Jesus", Vermes, best known for his work on the Dead Sea Scrolls, comments on a variety of contemporary religious themes such as "The Da Vinci Code", Mel Gibson's infamous film "The Passion of the Christ", Benedict XVI's book "Jesus of Nazareth" and the "Gospel of Judas". Informed by the work of a world-class scholar, the short articles in this book open to the general reader the findings of some of the major discoveries of the twentieth century such as the Dead Sea Scrolls. This collection of shorter popular pieces, many of which appeared in "The Times" and other newspapers, makes Vermes' research on Christian origins, the Dead Sea Scrolls and most importantly Jesus the Jew accessible to a wider readership.

What Jesus Demands from the World

by John Piper

Author	: John Piper
Publisher	: Crossway
Total Pages	: 402
Release	: 2006
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 1581348452

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for every healthy tree bears good fruit --; Demand #28 : love your enemies--lead them to the truth --; Demand #29 : love your enemies--pray for those who abuse you --; Demand #30 : love your enemies--do good to those who hate you, give to the one who asks --; Demand #31 : love your enemies to show that you are children of God --; Demand #32 : love your neighbor as yourself,

As Jesus Cared for Women

by W. David Hager

Author	: W. David Hager
Publisher	: Fleming H. Revell Company
Total Pages	: 196
Release	: 1998
Genre	: Health & Fitness
ISBN	: 9780800717513

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Combining case studies from his practice with those of first-century women who met Jesus, a nationally recognized ob-gyn shows how women can experience wholeness today.

The Preaching of Jesus

by William Brosend

Author	: William Brosend
Publisher	: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages	: 176
Release	: 2010-02-01
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 1611641837

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Using the findings of historical Jesus studies, William Brosend asks, what is the rhetoric that characterized the preaching of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels, and how may today's preaching benefit from it? This book for preachers and students of preaching helps the reader see four distinct aspects of the rhetoric of Jesus: dialogical (preaching in response to challenges and questions); proclamatory (making bold and authoritative statements); occasionally self-referential (though less so than in the Fourth Gospel); and persistently figurative (illustrating his message through metaphor). Brosend spends one chapter on each of these methods, closing each chapter with a sermon that models that approach and his analysis of it. Sample sermons are by well-known preachers including Fred Craddock, Michael Curry, Tom Long, and Barbara Brown Taylor. Brosend concludes with the implications for modern preaching and a sermon of his own.

Et Tu, Judas? Then Fall Jesus!

by Gary Courtney

Author	: Gary Courtney
Publisher	: iUniverse
Total Pages	: 196
Release	: 2004-09
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 0595328687

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About two thousand years ago, a great man who was renowned for forgiveness and magnanimity was betrayed and slain by his compatriots who feared he would become their King. To the chagrin of his murderers, he was soon hailed as a God and the momentous events that ensued paved the way for the birth of Christianity. The venue for this drama, however, was not Jerusalem as might be supposed, but rather the eternal city of Rome. It is a description of the founder of the Roman Empire. In a work stranger than fiction, Gary Courtney propounds that the Jesus of Nazareth that graces the pages of the New Testament is an entirely mythological personage, and presents a step by step explanation of how the beloved Saviour of the Christian religion entered the world from the wings of a stage.

Jesus Then and Jesus Now

by Gregory C. Jenks

Author	: Gregory C. Jenks
Publisher	:
Total Pages	: 226
Release	: 2014
Genre	: Religion
ISBN	: 9781925208108

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This book is written from an intentionally progressive Christian perspective. It draws together multiple strands from the authors personal and professional life: critical biblical scholarship, field archaeology, parish ministry, seminary teaching and personal religious practice. It presents a profile of what Jesus may have been like within the context of Second Temple Judaism as well as certain aspects of the Jesus tradition within the earliest Christian writings. Significantly, it also explores some of the more controversial aspects of Christianity in the contemporary world and presents some reflections on the individual and public implications of Christian discipleship today.