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The changing faces of Jesus / Géza Vermès.
Van Pelt - Yarnall Collection BT303.2 .V47 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vermès, Géza, 1924-2013.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jesus Christ--Person and offices.
- Jesus Christ.
- Christology.
- Physical Description:
- 324 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking Compass, 2001.
- Summary:
- Examines New Testament writings about Jesus as part of first-century Judaism, focusing on the letters of Paul and the Gospel of John, and looking at the process by which interpretations of Jesus changed over the years from a historical figure to the Christian savior.
- Contents:
- Prologue: From Christ to Jesus
- John : the odd man out among the Evangelists
- The Jesus of John : messiah figure or stranger from heaven
- Paul : the odd man out among the Apostles
- The Christ of Paul : Son of God and universal redeemer of mankind
- The Jesus of the Acts of the Apostles : prophet, Lord, and Christ
- The Jesus of the Synoptic Gospels : charismatic healer and teacher and eschatological enthusiast
- Beneath the Gospels : the real Jesus
- The real Jesus at the dawn of the third millennium
- Epilogue: A dream.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-302) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0670894516
- 9780670894512
- OCLC:
- 44885144
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