Title: The glory of man /
Authors: Jenkins, David E.
Publisher: SCM Press,
Year: 1967
Subjects: Jesus Christ Person and offices.; Theological anthropology Christianity
Contents: Title Page -- Contents; Chapter 1. By Way of Introduction -- A "Low, Ascending" Approach to Christology; By Way of Contrast: A "High, Descending" Approach -- Three Lines of Criticism; Why Now? A Clash of Cultures and a New Task -- Part I. The Question of the Historical Jesus -- Chapter 2. The Old Quest for the Historical Jesus -- Chapter 3. An Interim Period and the Launching of the New Quest; In the Interim (1906-1953): Making a Virtue of Necessity; The New Quest: Goal and Methods -- Chapter 4. Jesus and the Nearness of the Kingdom -- Central Theme: The Kingdom of God and Its Coming John the Baptist; The Kingdom Expressed in Words: Jesus' Parables -- Chapter 5. The Kingdom Expressed in Deeds; Jesus' Miracles; The Company Jesus Kept -- Chapter 6. Responding to the Nearness of the Kingdom; The Positive Response: Metanoia; Ethics?; What About Jesus Himself? (Didn't He Know?) -- Chapter 7. Jesus' Execution -- Christian Responses to Jesus' Execution; Why, Historically? -- In the Face of Death;