The Jesus of History As the Christ of Faith

by Liderbach, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780809145423
• ISBN10: 0809145421
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-01
• Publisher: Paulist Pr

Summary

The new ¿search for the historical Jesus¿ leads at least to identifying the ¿Jesus of history¿ with the ¿Christ of faith.¿

Author Biography

Daniel Liderbach is a member of the Society of Jesus and a priest since 1973. He has taught theology at the college level for twenty-nine years. He is also the author of three previously published Paulist Press titles, The Numinous Universe, Christ in the Early Christian Hymns, and Why Do We Suffer?

Table of Contents

Identifying the Jesus of History with the Christ of Faith	p. 1
Proclaimer of the Kingdom of God	p. 10
The Sayings of Jesus	p. 20
The Actions of Jesus	p. 30
Jesus, Miracles, and Crowds	p. 44
Jesus' Interpretation of the Law Presenting Him as the Christ	p. 49
Jesus' Consciousness of Being Messiah	p. 53
Jesus' Symbols of His Consciousness of Being the Christ	p. 62
Early Devotions and Expressions of Faith	p. 67
Jesus and the Gentiles	p. 70
The Indictment Brought Against Jesus	p. 73
The Resurrection of Jesus	p. 80
The Gospel of Thomas	p. 84
The Christ of Faith	p. 87
Notes	p. 101
Selected Bibliography	p. 111
Index	p. 113
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