The divine goodness of Jesus : impact and response / Paul K. Moser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moser, Paul K., 1957- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Person and offices.

Jesus Christ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 251 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

In this book, Paul Moser explores Jesus' role as God's filial inquirer and clarifies a method of inquiry regarding Jesus, one that offers a compelling explanation regarding his experiential impact and his audience's response. Moser's method values the roles of history and moral/religious experience in inquiry about him, and it saves inquirers from distorting biases in their inquiry. His study illuminates Jesus' puzzling features, including his challenging question for inquirers of him (Who do you say I am?), his distinctive experience of God as father, his reference to himself as 'the son of man', his attitude toward his suffering and death, his unique role in the kingdom of God, and his understanding of his allegedly miraculous signs and of his parables and good news. The book also makes sense of evidence for the reality and the main purpose of Jesus.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

1 Inquiry about and from Jesus

1.1 A Reason to Inquire

1.2 History and Theology

1.3 Inquiry from Jesus

1.4 Purpose Disclosed

2 God through Divine Goodness

2.1 Accountable Knowing

2.2 Some Biblical Data

2.3 Moral Responses

2.4 Jesus in Reconciliation

2.5 God Self-authenticated

3 Divine Goodness from Abba

3.1 Jesus, Agapē, and Gethsemane

3.2 Abba and Filial Responsiveness

3.3 Motive and Being Led

3.4 Gethsemane beyond Jesus

4 Good News of Divine Goodness

4.1 Gospel Power

4.2 Royal Power Reconceived

4.3 Signs for Reconciliation

4.4 Secret Kingdom, Hidden Gospel

4.5 Expanded Gospel

4.6 Gethsemane Goodness

5 Stories for Divine Goodness

5.1 Receiving Divine Goodness

5.2 Storytelling for God

5.3 Stories for Decisions

5.4 Attracting Conviction

6 Suffering for Divine Goodness

6.1 Daniel's Vision

6.2 Jesus and Daniel

6.3 Shared Redemptive Destiny

6.4 Vindication through Suffering

7 Kingdom of Divine Goodness

7.1 Kingdom Arrival

7.2 Shared Kingship

7.3 Conflict and Impact

7.4 A Royal Moral

8 God's Gambit for Divine Goodness

8.1 Redemptive Duress

8.2 Redemptive Companionship

8.3 Explaining Good and Evil

8.4 Redeeming Evil with Good

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jun 2021).

ISBN:

1-009-03305-0

1-009-03324-7

1-009-03170-8

OCLC:

1257414653