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"This book means to explore who Jesus was, is, and is to come, and by what series of events this man of Jewish history came to be viewed by millions as a man of God-like powers in their present lives and their hoped for future."" Rich in familiarity with Jesus' Jewish world, Gerard Sloyan helps us discover a Jesus thoroughly situated in his own time and place. Grounded in the New Testament gospels, Sloyan's study leads us to an already interpreted Jesus, distinctly portrayed by each evangelist. Going outside the New Testament, Sloyan takes us into the theological questions and developments that culminated in the affirmations of the councils of Nicaea and Chalcedon. This impressive, clearly written work challenges readers to see both the historical Jesus who preached the in-breaking of God's reign and the post-resurrection Jesus whom Christians named Lord and Savior. Gerard S. Sloyan, STD, PhD, is professor emeritus of religion at Temple University and currently visiting professor at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. He has written extensively on Jesus, including The Crucifixion of Jesus (Fortress Press, 1995) and Why Jesus Died (Fortress Press, 2004). """

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Author:   Gerard S. Sloyan
Publisher:   Liturgical Press
Imprint:   Liturgical Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.284kg
ISBN:  

9780814659915

ISBN 10:   0814659918
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 April 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Editor’s Preface   ix Author’s Preface   xi Chapter One: Who Jesus Was in the Religion of Israel   1      The Actual or Real Jesus   2      Being Raised Up from the Dead to a New Life—Fact or Fancy?   3      Witnesses to the Movement Rather Than to the Man  6      The Little Known of Jesus’ Infancy and Early Years   8      Jesus Grown to Adulthood   13      Jesus as Teacher: Debates over Law Observance   13      The Distinctive Purpose of Each Evangelist   18      The Story of Israel Without Which Jesus Cannot Be Understood   19      Kings and Kingdoms   20      The Influence of the Babylonian Exile and Hellenism   22      Jesus the Quintessential Jew   23      The Chronicle Continued: The Markan Story   24 Chapter Two: The First We Hear of Jesus in History’s Record   30      The Biblical Title Messiah (Christos), Anointed One   32      Kyrios as Sovereign Lord or Master   33      Jesus’ Coming (Parousia) at the End in Glory   35      Saul/Paul’s Faith in Jesus Found in Other Letters   37       The Silence of Paul’s Extant Letters on Jesus’ Public Life   40      Jesus in Paul’s Corinthian Correspondence   42      The Jesus of the Epistolary Corpus   48      Signs of Jesus’ Jewishness Wrongly Imposed on Gentiles   52      Jesus in the Last Written Extant Letter of Saul/Paul   56      A Pauline Letter That Paul Did Not Write   58      Jesus in Hebrews and Revelation   59 Chapter Three: Knowing Jesus from What He Taught   68      Jesus’ Many Teachings in Matthew   70      The Beatitudes and the Woes   71      The Our Father 76 The Devil in the Desert   78      Recorded Prayers from Jesus’ Lips   79      The Lengthy Prayer Spoken at the Last Supper   80      Jesus’ Descent from a Long Line of Storytellers   81      More of Jesus’ Teaching in Matthew   85      Some Further Matthew Parables Explored   88      Luke’s Teachings of Jesus Special to Him   93      Prodigality Can Mean Generous Giving but Not Here   97      Jesus as Exorcist and Wonderworker   101      A Brief Foretelling of Jesus’ Life, Death, and Resurrection as Bringing Redemption   103 Chapter Four: What John Does with the Figure of Jesus   105      John’s Technique of Having Jesus Mystify, Then Explain   108      The Last Supper Discourse   113 Chapter Five: Jesus’ Death and Resurrection   117      The Markan Passion Narrative as Basic to Matthew and Luke   118      The Roman Legionaries and the Pilate Characterization   123      Some Touches Proper to Luke and John   127      The Crucifixion Proper   129      All Other References to Jesus’ Death Unlike These Playbooks   133       The Resurrection of Jesus that Changed Everything   135      Three Non-Markan Ways of Bringing the Story to an End   137 Chapter Six: Jesus in Late New Testament Epistles and Second-Century Writings   146      Jesus in the Extra-Canonical Writings: 1 Clement   149      Jesus in the Didachē   151      The Letters of the Great Ignatius, Martyr   153      Jesus in the Second-Century Apologists   154      Jesus in the Lengthy Treatise of a Missionary Bishop   155      Late Apocryphal Gospels, Some Orthodox, Some Gnostic in Intent   158 Chapter Seven: Jesus at the Center of Doctrinal-Political Argument   160      The Vocabulary of Debate and Its Major Topic   162      The Heretical Teaching of Arius   164      Basil’s Defense of the Holy Spirit as a Divine Person   166      The Christological Teaching that Prevailed After Nicaea   168      Nestorius’s Defense of the Humanity of Christ   170      Eutyches and the Chalcedonian Settlement   172 Epilogue   178 Further Reading   183 Index of Scripture and Ancient Texts   185 Index of Subjects and Persons   192

Reviews

Gerard Sloyan writes out of his vast knowledge of the biblical worlds and texts, and of the church's traditions and councils that offered the first interpretations of the significance of Jesus. Insightful and clearly written, Sloyan wrestles with these diverse presentations to offer a careful, accessible, and rich analysis.Warren Carter, PhD, Professor of New Testament, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas

Gerard Sloyan is certainly an authority on Jesus! This short work-an amazing, very literate and accurate condensation of all important aspects of modern Christology-is the fruit of his earlier works.Catholic Books Review Clearly and engagingly written, this book is ideal for an undergraduate Christology course and a worthy summary of the author's life-time study and reflection.Horizons [A]n extraordinary accomplishment... to study Jesus: Word Made Flesh is to receive the wisdom of a 'Church Father' and hence to enter further into the mystery of Christ.Worship [T]his is a responsible book, written by a responsible scholar, using his responsibility to serve both the church and the academy.The Catholic Biblical Quarterly Sloyan's approach, walking through various portions of the Scriptures with an eye to who Jesus is in each, yields valuable insights on almost every page.Libraries Alive The book is written in an engaging, confident style and serves the purpose of this series well.The Bible Today [A] deftly written examination, and a top pick for Christian studies collections.Midwest Book Review Gerard Sloyan writes out of his vast knowledge of the biblical worlds and texts, and of the church's traditions and councils that offered the first interpretations of the significance of Jesus. Insightful and clearly written, Sloyan wrestles with these diverse presentations to offer a careful, accessible, and rich analysis.Warren Carter, PhD, Professor of New Testament, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas

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Gerard S. Sloyan, STD, PhD, is professor emeritus of religion at Temple University and currently visiting professor at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. He has written extensively on Jesus, including The Crucifixion of Jesus (Fortress Press, 1995) and Why Jesus Died (Fortress Press, 2004).

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