Jesus of Nazareth
Subtitle: Jew from Galilee, savior of the world
By: Jens Schröter ; translated by Wayne Coppins and S. Brian Pounds
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Waco, Texas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9781481301992
Subjects: Evangelische Theologie; Christologie; Historicity; Historicity of Jesus Christ
Work titles: Jesus von Nazaret
Description: In Jesus of Nazareth, noted German New Testament scholar Jens Schröter directly addresses the connection between Jesus' humanity and divinity -- how the historical Jesus can also be the Christ of confession. Schröter begins by looking at the modern quest for the "historical Jesus" from its beginnings down to the present. In the process Schröter isolates key questions of historical method -- how can we reconstruct the past? What is the relationship between these reconstructions and past reality itself? Schröter then examines the words and deeds of Jesus, including his death and resurrection, in their Galilean and Greco-Roman contexts. Schröter finally measures the impact that Jesus has had in literature, film, music, and the fine arts. Jesus of Nazareth thus narrates the remarkable story of how a Jew from Galilee became the savior of the world, how Jesus can be said to be both God and human, and how this Jesus continues to exert influence.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and indexes.

Translated from the German.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Introduction. The "historical" and the "remembered" Jesus; or, how it "really" was; title: A glance at the history of research; title: The historical material : remains and sources; title: Part II. A portrayal of Jesus. A Jew from Galilee : the Nazarene; title: A Jew from Galilee : the Galilean; title: A Jew from Galilee : the Jew; title: The reign of God begins : Jesus' encounter with John; title: The reign of God begins : beginnings in Galilee; title: The reign of God in the proclamation of Jesus; title: Life in light of the reign of God : the ethos of Jesus; title: Representative of God or savior of Israel? : the self-understanding of Jesus and the judgment of his contemporaries; title: The Jerusalem events; title: Jesus and the beginnings of Christian faith; title: Spotlights on the Wirkungsgeschichte of Jesus.