{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Jesus according to Scripture : restoring the portrait from the Gospels \/ Darrell L. Bock.","author":"Bock, D. L.","isbn":"080102370X","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Academic"},"datePublished":"2002","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\tThe four gospels : distinctive voices. Overviews of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John -- Jesus according to the Synoptists. The birth and childhood of Jesus : the hope of promise (Matt. 1-2; Luke 1-2) ; The backdrop to Jesus' ministry : John the Baptist, Jesus' baptism and temptations (Matt. 3:1-4:11; Mark 1:1-13; Luke 3:1-4:13) ; The initial portrait of Jesus' Galilean ministry : teaching, healing, and controversy (Matt. 4:12-25; Mark 1:14-3:19a; Luke 4:14-6:16) ; Jesus' teaching on relating to God and others : the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon on the Plain (Matt. 5:1-7:29; Luke 6:20-49) ; More Galilean ministry : miracles, mission to the outcasts, and discipleship in the face of opposition (Matt. 8:1-12:50; Luke 7:1-8:3; Mark 3:19b-35) ; From kingdom teaching to confession : how the disciples began to understand Jesus (Matt. 13:1-16:12; Mark 4:1-8:26; Luke 8:4-9:17) ; Confession and prediction : the new reality, pt. 1 (Matt. 16:13-18:35; Mark 8:27-9:50; Luke 9:18-50) ; Toward Jerusalem : the new reality, pt. 2 (Luke 9:51-18:14) ; Continuing toward Jerusalem : ministry in Judea and final lessons (Matt. 19:1-21:9; Mark 10:1-11:10; Luke 18:15-19:44) ; The Passion week : controversy, prediction of judgment and return, trial, death, and resurrection (Matt. 21:10-28:20; Mark 11:11-16:8; Luke 19:45-24:53) -- Jesus according to John. Introducing Jesus in John's gospel : the Word incarnate and the first witnesses : John the Baptist and the disciples (John 1) ; The book of signs : before the hour (John 2-12) ; The book of glory : the farewell discourse and the Johannine Passion account : the hour has come (John 13-21) -- A theological portrait of Jesus. Major themes in the evangelists' portrait of Jesus' theology : the kingdom and the uniquely authoritative one in act and word. \r\n\r\nAbstract:\tBock begins his work with a brief overview of each Gospel, surveying its structure, themes, authorship, setting, and date. He then offers an examination of Jesus as portrayed in the Synoptic Gospels presented together, without harmonizing them. Next, Bock provides a detailed analysis of the Fourth Gospel's portrayal of Jesus. He finishes with a summary of the main theological themes found throughout the Gospels.\r\n\r\nOther Notes:\tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 649-655) and indexes.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 704 pages ; 24 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Meeting Jesus again for the first time : the historical Jesus & the heart of contemporary faith \/ Marcus J. Borg.","author":"Borg, M. J.","isbn":"0060609176","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"HarperSanFrancisco"},"datePublished":"1994","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\tMeeting Jesus again -- What manner of man? The pre-EasterJesus -- Jesus, compassion, and politics -- Jesus and wisdom: teacher of alternate wisdom -- Jesus, the wisdom of God: Sophia become flesh -- Images of Jesus and images of the Christian life.\r\nAbstract:       Of the many recent books on the historical Jesus, none has explored what the latest biblical scholarship means for personal faith. Now, in Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, Marcus Borg addresses the yearnings of those who want a fully contemporary faith that welcomes rather than oppresses our critical intelligence and openness to the best of historical scholarship. Borg shows how a rigorous examination of historical findings can lead to a new faith in Christ, one. That is critical and, at the same time, sustaining. Drawing on his own journey from a naive, unquestioning belief in Christ through collegiate skepticism to a mature and contemporary Christian faith, Borg illustrates how an understanding of the historical Jesus can actually lead to a more authentic Christian life - one not rooted in creeds or dogma, but in a life of spiritual challenge, compassion, and community. In straightforward, accessible prose, Borg looks at the. Major findings of modern Jesus scholarship from the perspective of faith, bringing alive the many levels of Jesus' character: spirit person, teacher of alternative wisdom, social prophet, and movement founder. He also reexamines the major stories of the Old Testament vital to an authentic understanding of Jesus, showing how an enriched understanding of these stories can uncover new truths and new pathways to faith. For questioning believers, doubters, and reluctant. Unbelievers alike, Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time frees our understanding of Jesus' life and message from popular misconceptions and outlines the way to a sound and contemporary faith: \"For ultimately, Jesus is not simply a figure of the past, but a figure of the present. Meeting that Jesus - the living one who comes to us even now - will be like meeting Jesus again for the first time.\"\r\nOther Notes: \tIncludes bibliographical references and index.\r\nRelated electronic resource:\tPublisher description http:\/\/catdir.loc.gov\/catdir\/description\/hc044\/93025390.html Publisher description\n\nPublished in: San Francisco\n\nPhysical description: ix, 150 pages ; 22 cm.","bookEdition":"1st ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The God of Jesus : the historical Jesus and the search for meaning \/ Stephen J. Patterson.","author":"Patterson, S. J.","isbn":"1563382288","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Trinity Press International"},"datePublished":"1998","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\tIntroduction. Who needs the historical Jesus? -- 1. The historical Jesus and the search for God: on the quest for the historical Jesus -- 2. Jesus and the empire of God: on dirt, shame, and sin in the expendable company of Jesus -- 3. The empire in a word: on the radical wisdom of Jesus -- 4. The empire in story: on the parables of Jesus -- 5. The empire of God is now: on Jesus and the end of the world -- 6. The death of Jesus the Jew: on the hope and tragedy that unites and divides us -- 7. Was Jesus right?: on the meaning of resurrection -- Conclusion. Is it a sin to be liberal? \r\nAbstract:\t\"This Book explains, in an accessible manner, the history of the quest for the historical Jesus and how this quest has always been related to the search for God. In addition, the book proposes a scheme for understanding the relationship between history and theology that avoids confusing the two. Finally, in what is arguably the book's most distinctive contribution, it presents what could be called a \"Jesus theology\" based on aspects of Jesus' life and teachings.\"--Jacket.\r\n\r\nOther Notes\tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 289-296) and indexes.\n\nPublished in: Harrisburg, Pa.\n\nPhysical description: xiii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The Jesus quest : the third search for the Jew of Nazareth \/ Ben Witherington III.","author":"Witherington, B.","isbn":"0830815449","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InterVarsity Press"},"datePublished":"1995","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\tPreface : the first two quests -- Galilee & the Galilean : Jesus in his social setting -- Jesus the talking head : the Jesus of the Jesus Seminar -- Jesus the itinerant cynic philosopher : the works of John Dominic Crossan, Burton Mack and F. Gerald Downing -- Jesus, man of the Spirit : the works of Marcus Borg, Geza Vermes and Graham H. Twelftree -- Jesus the eschatological prophet : the works of E.P. Sanders and Maurice Casey -- Jesus the prophet of social change : the works of Gerd Theissen, Richard A. Horsley and R. David Kaylor -- Jesus the sage : the wisdom of God : the works of Elisabeth Schu\u0308ssler Fiorenza and Ben Witherington -- Jesus : marginal Jew or Jewish Messiah? : the works of John P. Meier, Peter Stulmacher, James D.G. Dunn, Marinus de Jonge, Markus Bockmuehl and N.T. Wright -- The journey's end : synopsis, conclusions, conjectures -- The death of the Messiah : the work of Raymond E. Brown. \r\n\r\nAbstract:\t\"Who is the Jesus behind the Gospel narratives? How would he have been understood by his contemporaries? Did the church transform a charismatic rabbi or a peasant-philosopher into its heavenly, incarnate Lord? Does the key to Jesus' real identity actually lie in the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Peter or other noncanonical Jesus literature suppressed by the ancient orthodox church? What do the sects, parties and movements of Jewish Palestine tell us about the real Jesus, his words, his actions and his intentions?\" \"These are the questions being asked by a new generation of investigators of the man behind the origin of Christianity. Dubbed the Third Quest of the historical Jesus, this renewed effort is a transformation of the first quest, memorialized and chronicled by Albert Schweitzer, and the second quest, carried out in the 1950s and 1960s in the wake of extreme Bultmannian skepticism. Now in the 1990s, with the time, place and social setting of Jesus newly illumined by renewed and vigorous investigation of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Jewish and Hellenistic sources, there has appeared a surge of scholarly books on Jesus within his Jewish and Mediterranean environment.\" \"The controversial works of John Dominic Crossan, Marcus Borg and Burton Mack, and the results of the Jesus Seminar have been thrust upon the public by publicists and media as the voices of learned consensus. Meanwhile, at the center of the scholarly investigation of Jesus, a less celebrated but certainly no less informed majority rejects many of the methods and conclusions of those who have captured the limelight.\"--Jacket.\r\n\r\nOther Notes\tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 288-294) and indexes.\n\nPublished in: Downers Grove, Ill.\n\nPhysical description: 304 pages ; 24 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}