The identity of Jesus Christ : the hermeneutical bases of dogmatic theology / Hans W. Frei ; foreword by Mike Higton ; introduction by Joshua B. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frei, Hans W., author.

Contributor:

Higton, Mike, writer of foreword.

Davis, Joshua, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Person and offices.

Jesus Christ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xl, 221 pages)

Edition:

Updated and expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2013]

Summary:

This is a book about Jesus of Nazareth. It is not a book about story, nor about narrative theology. Hans Frei was not a theologian of story or of narrative in any general way, and this book is neither about the narrative quality of our existence and the gospel's relation to that quality, nor about the narrative shape of the Scriptures as a whole and the call on us to place ourselves within that narrative.Rather, this is a book about the way in which Jesus of Nazareth's identity is rendered by the Gospels--largely the Synoptic Gospels, particularly the Gospel of Luke, and especially in the passion and resurrection sequences--by means of a certain kind of narrative.--from the Foreword by Mike Higton

Contents:

Christ shares his presence

The enigma of Christ's presence

Does Jesus have his own presence?

Identity, a person's uniqueness

The Savior as specific man

Redeemed redeemer in myth and gospel

Jesus Christ and modern Christ figures

The pattern of exchange

Identity description and Jesus Christ

The enacted intention of Jesus

Jesus and God

Jesus as self-manifested

Jesus identified in his resurrection

The pattern of Christ's presence

Epilogue: A meditation for the week of Good Friday and Easter

Appendix: Theological reflections on the accounts of Jesus' death and resurrection / [additional essay by Hans Frei].

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781630874612

1630874612