From Jesus to Christ : the origins of the New Testament images of Christ / Paula Fredriksen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fredriksen, Paula.

Series:

Yale Nota bene From Jesus to Christ

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ--Person and offices--Biblical teaching.

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Conn. : Yale Nota Bene, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission and message in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached. A new introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history, and theology.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Introduction to the Second Edition""; ""PART I: THE WORLD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT""; ""1. The Nature of the Documents""; ""2. The Legacy of Alexander""; ""Hellenistic Paganism""; ""Hellenistic Judaism""; ""3. Images of Jesus in the Gospels and Paul""; ""John: The Stranger from Heaven""; ""Luke/Acts: The Messiah of the Gentiles""; ""Matthew: The Christ of the Scriptures""; ""Mark: The Secret Messiah""; ""Paul: The Christ of the Parousia""; ""4. Hellenism and Christianity""; ""PART II: THE WORLD OF JUDAISM""; ""5. The Idea of Israel""

""The Biblical View of the Past""""The Expectation of Redemption: Restoration Theology""; ""Palestinian Judaism in the Time of Jesus""; ""6. Toward a Historical Image of Jesus""; ""The First Reading""; ""The Second Reading""; ""7. Jesus of Nazareth""; ""PART III: THE CHRISTS OF THE CHURCHES""; ""8. Responses to the Resurrection""; ""The Kerygma of the Early Mission""; ""Jewish Persecutions of the Early Mission""; ""The Apostle to the Gentiles""; ""9. Between the Resurrection and the Parousia""; ""Mark: The End of the Age and the Birth of the Past""

""The Later Synoptic Gospels: Establishing the Present""""John: The Eternal Word""; ""10. Jesus of Nazareth in Christian Tradition""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Glossary""; ""A""; ""B""; ""D""; ""E""; ""H""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""P""; ""S""; ""T""; ""Suggested Reading""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Passages""; ""Name Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""Z""; ""Subject Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""

""N""""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-237) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-95030-8

0-300-16410-6

OCLC:

923602131