The Cambridge Companion to Jesus

This Companion offers an integrated introduction to the study of Jesus.

Markus Bockmuehl (Edited by)

9780521796781, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 8 November 2001

330 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.44 kg

'Here is a … consistent attempt to take the historicality of Jesus seriously and to integrate it with orthodox Christian tradition.' The Heythrop Journal

This Companion takes as its starting point the realization that Jesus of Nazareth cannot be studied purely as a subject of ancient history, 'a man like any other man'. History, literature, theology and the dynamic of a living, worldwide religious reality, all appropriately impinge on the study of Jesus. The two parts of the book roughly correspond to the interdependent tasks of historical description and critical and theological reflection. It incorporates the most up-to-date historical work on Jesus the Jew with the 'bigger issues' of critical method, the story of Christian faith and study, and Jesus in a global church and in the encounter with Judaism and Islam. Written by seventeen leading international scholars, the book encourages students of the historical Jesus to discover the vital contribution of theology, and students of doctrine to engage the Christ of faith as Jesus the first-century Jew.

Introduction
Part I. The Jesus of History: 1. Context, family and formation Craig A. Evans
2. Jesus and his Judaism Peter J. Tomson
3. Jesus and his God Marianne Meye Thompson
4. Message and miracles Graham Stanton
5. Friends and enemies Bruce Chilton
6. Crucifixion Joel B. Green
7. Resurrection Markus Bockmuehl
Part II. The History of Jesus: 8. Sources and methods Christopher Tuckett
9. Quests for the historical Jesus James Carleton Paget
10. The quest for the real Jesus Francis Watson
11. Many gospels, one Jesus? Stephen C. Barton
12. The Christ of the old and new testaments R. W. L. Moberly
13. Jesus in Christian doctrine Alan Torrance
14. A history of faith in Jesus Rowan Williams
15. The global Jesus Teresa Okure
16. Jerusalem after Jesus David B. Burrell
17. The future of Jesus Christ Richard Bauckham.

Subject Areas: Christian spirituality & religious experience [HRCS], Christian theology [HRCM], The historical Jesus [HRCA]