The great deception
Subtitle: and what Jesus really said and did
By: Gerd Lüdemann
Edition: Pbk. U.S. ed.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9781573926881
Subjects: Historicity; Words
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xx-xxii) and index.
Table of contents: title: I.A Letter to Jesus; title: II. How the Authenticity and Inauthenticity of Sayings and Actions of Jesus are to be Decided: Examples and Criteria; title: III. Inauthentic Sayings of Jesus. 1. Jesus condemns Israel and its leaders. 2. Jesus observes the Law completely and requires his disciples to observe it correctly. 3. Jesus forecasts his suffering and death. 4. Jesus gives the church authority to bind and loose. 5. Jesus sends his disciples out on a mission. 6. Jesus forecasts that some of his disciples will survive until the coming of the kingdom of God. 7. The sayings of Jesus on the cross; title: IV. Inauthentic Actions of Jesus. 1. Jesus institutes the eucharist. 2. Jesus performs nature miracles; title: V. Authentic Sayings of Jesus. 1. Beatitudes. 2. An eschatological eucharistic saying. 3. The petition for the coming of the kingdom of God in the future. 4. The presence of the kingdom of God in the experience and power of Jesus.