| Author | : Anthony Le Donne |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Bibles |
| ISBN | : |
The author focuses on the title Son of Davidas it was used in Jewish and Christian traditions to demonstrate both how his new theory functions and to advance historical Jesus research.--David Brack, Asbury Theological Seminary "Catholic Biblical Quarterly"
| Author | : Anthony Le Donne |
| Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 161 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 0802865267 |
Historical Jesus asks two primary questions: What does historical mean? and How should we apply this to Jesus? Anthony Le Donne begins with the unusual step of considering human perception how sensory data from sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell are interpreted from the very beginning by what we expect, what we ve learned, and how we categorize the world. In this way Le Donne shows how historical memories are initially formed. He continues with the nature of human memory and how it interacts with group memories. Finally, he offers a philosophy of history and uses it to outline three dimensions from the life of Jesus: his dysfunctional family, his politics, and his final confrontation in Jerusalem. This little book is ideal for those with no background in religious studies even those with no faith who wish to better understand who Jesus was and how we can know what we do know about him.
| Author | : Scot McKnight |
| Publisher | : Baylor University Press |
| Total Pages | : 462 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1932792295 |
Recent scholarship on the historical Jesus has rightly focused upon how Jesus understood his own mission. But no scholarly effort to understand the mission of Jesus can rest content without exploring the historical possibility that Jesus envisioned his own death. In this careful and far-reaching study, Scot McKnight contends that Jesus did in fact anticipate his own death, that Jesus understood his death as an atoning sacrifice, and that his death as an atoning sacrifice stood at the heart of Jesus' own mission to protect his own followers from the judgment of God.
| Author | : Mark Allan Powell |
| Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
| Total Pages | : 252 |
| Release | : 1998-01-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780664257033 |
Essential reading for anyone interested in the historical Jesus debate, this volume offers a comprehensive and balanced account of research into the person of Jesus.
| Author | : Amy-Jill Levine |
| Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 454 |
| Release | : 2006-11-05 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0691009929 |
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| Author | : Helen K. Bond |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2012-03-29 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0567125106 |
The introduction to this new guide sets out the sources (Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Christian), noting the problems connected with them, paying particular attention to the nature of the gospels, and the Synoptic versus the Johannine tradition. A substantial section will discuss scholarship on Jesus from the nineteenth century to the explosion of works in the present day, introducing and explaining the three different 'quests' for the historical Jesus. Subsequent chapters will analyse key themes in historical Jesus research: Jesus' Galilean origins; the scope of his ministry and models of 'holy men', particularly that of prophet; Jesus' teaching and healing; his trial and crucifixion; the highly contentious question of his resurrection; and finally an exploration of the links between the Jesus movement and the early church. Throughout, the (often opposing) positions of a variety of key scholars will be explained and discussed (eg. Sanders, Crossan, Dunn, Wright, Brown).
| Author | : Craig S. Keener |
| Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 870 |
| Release | : 2012-04-13 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0802868886 |
The earliest substantive sources available for historical Jesus research are in the Gospels themselves; when interpreted in their early Jewish setting, their picture of Jesus is more coherent and plausible than are the competing theories offered by many modern scholars. So argues Craig Keener in The Historical Jesus of the Gospels. In exploring the depth and riches of the material found in the Synoptic Gospels, Keener shows how many works on the historical Jesus emphasize just one aspect of the Jesus tradition against others, but a much wider range of material in the Jesus tradition makes sense in an ancient Jewish setting. Keener masterfully uses a broad range of evidence from the early Jesus traditions and early Judaism to reconstruct a fuller portrait of the Jesus who lived in history.
| Author | : Gary R. Habermas |
| Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2003-12-04 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1725208938 |
[This] is the most important question regarding the claims of the Christian faith. Certainly no question in modern religious history demands more attention or interest, as witnessed by the vast body of literature dealing with the Resurrection. James I. Packer says it well in his response to this debate: 'When Christians are asked to make good their claim that this scheme is truth, they point to Jesus' resurrection. The Easter event, so they affirm, demonstrated Jesus' deity; validated his teaching; attested to the completion of his work of atonement for sin; confirms his present cosmic dominion and coming reappearance as Judge; assures us that his personal pardon, presence, and power in people's lives today is fact; and guarantees each believer's own reembodiment by Resurrection in the world to come.' The Apostle Paul considered the Resurrection to be the cornerstone of the Christian faith. If Jesus did not rise from the dead, the whole structure, Christianity, collapses. Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 15:14-17, 'And if Christ has not been raised, 'our preaching is useless and so is you faith.' More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God. . . . And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile [emphasis added].' The Christian faith-and its claim to be Truth-exists only if Jesus rose from the dead. The heart of Christianity is a living Christ.
| Author | : Darrell L. Bock |
| Publisher | : Baker Academic |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2002-07 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 080102451X |
An informed, scholarly approach to the study of the historical Jesus that takes the Gospels seriously as a source of historical information.
