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Author : Ian G. Wallis
Release : 1995-03-16
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis The Faith of Jesus Christ in Early Christian Traditions by : Ian G. Wallis
Download or read book The Faith of Jesus Christ in Early Christian Traditions written by Ian G. Wallis. This book was released on 1995-03-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evaluates the evidence for the early church's interest in Jesus as a believer in God.
Author : C. Stephen Evans
Release : 1996
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis The Historical Christ and the Jesus of Faith by : C. Stephen Evans
Download or read book The Historical Christ and the Jesus of Faith written by C. Stephen Evans. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Testament contains a story about Jesus of Nazareth which has always been understood by the Church to be historically true. It is an account of the life, death, and resurrection of a real person, whose links with history are firmly signalled in the creeds of the early church. Contemporary historical scholarship, on the other hand, has called into question the reliability of the church's version of this story, and thereby raised the question as to whether ordinary people can know its historical truth. In this book, a leading philosopher of religion argues that the historicity of the story still matters, and that its religious significance cannot be captured by the category of "non-historical myth." The commonly drawn distinction between the Christ of faith and the Jesus of history cannot be maintained. The Christ who is the object of faith must be seen as historical; the Jesus who is reconstructed by historical scholarship is always shaped by commitments to faith. Evans looks carefully at contemporary New Testament studies, and the philosophical and literary assumptions upon which it rests, to show that this scholarship does not undermine the confidence of lay people who believe that they can know that the church's story about Jesus is true. His accessible and controversial study will interest all thoughtful Christian readers. -- Publisher description.
Author : Ian George Wallis
Release : 1991
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Book Synopsis Where Opposites Meet by : Ian George Wallis
Download or read book Where Opposites Meet written by Ian George Wallis. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rebecca Lyman
Release : 1999-01-25
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Early Christian Traditions by : Rebecca Lyman
Download or read book Early Christian Traditions written by Rebecca Lyman. This book was released on 1999-01-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sixth volume of The New Church’s Teaching Series, Rebecca Lyman introduces us to the world of the early church. Beginning with the Jewish, Greek, and Roman cultures in which the first followers of Jesus lived and worshiped, she traces the growth of the Christian church’s theology, worship, leadership, and ethics through its first six centuries, ending with Augustine of Hippo. Early Christian Traditions offers perceptive insights into the early church’s intense conflicts that reveal the often thin line between orthodoxy and heresy, between true and false teachers, and among the many competing versions of Christianity. Lyman describes the early church’s “family quarrels”—Gnosticism, Donatism, Arianism—as well as the theological, political, and linguistic issues that went into the making of the great creeds and established the apostolic tradition.
Author : Paula Fredriksen
Release : 2008-10-01
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 106/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis From Jesus to Christ by : Paula Fredriksen
Download or read book From Jesus to Christ written by Paula Fredriksen. This book was released on 2008-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Magisterial. . . . A learned, brilliant and enjoyable study."—Géza Vermès, Times Literary Supplement 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. This edition includes an introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history and theology. "Brilliant and lucidly written, full of original and fascinating insights."—Reginald H. Fuller, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "This is a first-rate work of a first-rate historian."—James D. Tabor, Journal of Religion "Fredriksen confronts her documents—principally the writings of the New Testament—as an archaeologist would an especially rich complex site. With great care she distinguishes the literary images from historical fact. As she does so, she explains the images of Jesus in terms of the strategies and purposes of the writers Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."—Thomas D’Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor
