The Cambridge Companion to Jesus

Markus Bockmuehl0521796784, 9780521796781

This Companion’s starting point is the realization that Jesus of Nazareth cannot be studied purely as a subject of ancient history, or as “a man like any other man”. History, literature, theology and the dynamic of a living, worldwide religious reality appropriately impinge on the study of Jesus. This book therefore incorporates the most up-to-date historical work on Jesus with the “larger issues” of critical method–the story of Christian faith and study, as well as Jesus in a global church and in the encounter with Judaism and Islam.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 6
Notes on contributors……Page 8
Abbreviations……Page 13
Introduction……Page 20
Part I The Jesus of history……Page 28
1 Context, family and formation……Page 30
2 Jesus and his Judaism……Page 44
3 Jesus and his God……Page 60
4 Message and miracles……Page 75
5 Friends and enemies……Page 91
6 Crucifixion……Page 106
7 Resurrection……Page 121
Part II The History of Jesus……Page 138
8 Sources and methods……Page 140
9 Quests for the historical Jesus……Page 157
10 The quest for the real Jesus……Page 175
11 Many gospels, one Jesus?……Page 189
12 The Christ of the Old and New Testaments……Page 203
13 Jesus in Christian doctrine……Page 219
14 A history of faith in Jesus……Page 239
15 The global Jesus……Page 256
16 Jerusalem after Jesus……Page 269
17 The future of Jesus Christ……Page 284
Bibliography……Page 300
C……Page 318
J……Page 319
P……Page 320
T……Page 321
Z……Page 322
Scripture index……Page 323