Finding the historical Christ
By: Paul Barnett.
Series: After Jesus -- v. 3
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780802848901
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Historicity
Description: Paul Barnetts title Finding the Historical Christ is a calculated jab against the popular dichotomy between the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith. In this book Barnett seeks to establish that the two figures are, in fact, one and the same. / The culmination of Barnetts After Jesus trilogy, Finding the Historical Christ carefully examines the ancient sources pertaining to Jesus, including writings by historians hostile to the Christian movement (Josephus, Tacitus, Pliny), the summarized biographies of Jesus in the book of Acts, and especially the four canonical Gospels. Based on compelling historical evidence, Barnett maintains that Jesus of Nazareth regarded himself as the prophesied Christ, as did his disciples before Jesus died and rose again. This is the only way to explain the phenomenon of the early church worshiping Jesus. - from back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The post-resurrection church and the pre-resurrection Christ; title: Horizon one hundred : the Gospels; title: Horizon one hundred : the hostile sources; title: The Jerusalem biographical tradition; title: Mark and memory; title: Earliest window (Luke 1:1-4); title: Is the witness of John historical?; title: Christ in Paul's Letters; title: Glimpses of Jesus in Galilee : criteria and context; title: Appendix: A note on Gospel genre; title: The Christ we find.