Title: God's final envoy
First published: 1998
Description: Many have claimed to be able to present a startling new picture of Jesus. Yet, in spite of loud claims to the contrary, practically all we can know about him comes from the first three New Testament Gospels or can be inferred from statements in Paul's letters. In this intriguing study, Marinus de Jonge canvasses these earliest Christian responses to Jesus in an attempt to discover Jesus' own understanding of himself and his mission.

Steering a middle course between skepticism and absolute confidence regarding the reliability and the usefulness of what we know about Jesus from the early Christian sources, de Jonge carefully distinguishes between what seems certain, probable, and possible, and he argues that though we cannot fill in all the details, it is possible to present a picture of what was most characteristic of Jesus.
Subjects: Bible, Person and offices, Criticism, interpretation, Biblical teaching, History of doctrines, Histoire des doctrines, Critique, interpretation, Personne et fonctions, Urchristentum, Christologie, Geschichtlichkeit, Doctrinal Theology, Critique, interprétation, Jesus christ, history of doctrines, Jesus christ, person and offices, Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t., Jesus christ, Jesus christ, evangelistic methods, Jesus christ, messiahship, Jesus christ, teachings
People: Jesus Christ
Time periods: Early church, ca. 30-600
LC classification: BT198 .J643 1998