Christology and the New Testament
Subtitle: Jesus and His Earliest Followers
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: April 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780664224318
First sentence: It is no exaggeration to say that the person of Jesus is absolutely central to Christianity.
Description: "In this volume. Tuckett allows us to overhear the earliest conversations about Jesus. Who was He? Who did He think He was? How important was He to the development of early Christianity. This textbook olfers an up-to-date, comprehensive, and critical survey of the Question of the Christology of the different New Testament writers. It incorporates recent research in Judaism. and it takes note of critiques of older approaches to the subject. It covers the Christological ideas explicit or implicit in each of the main New Testament writers, as well as suggesting Jesus' own self-understanding. Finally, the volume also raises hermeneutical Questions concerning the place that any New Testament Christology might have in contemporaneous theological debate. Chapters cover the individual Epistles and Gospels, offering a historical-critical approach that places each writer within the original context. Assuming no prior knowledge of the discipline, Christology and the New Testament is ideal reading for students in Biblical Studies courses and those who study the development of Christian thought"--Page 4 of cover.