Jesus and the Message of the New Testament

by K. C. Hanson, Joachim Jeremias

Overview

Joachim Jeremias was one of the most innovative and productive New Testament scholars of the twentieth century. This volume brings together some of his best-known works on historical Jesus research and core issues concerning Gospel tradition.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800634698
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	02/26/2002
Series:	Fortress Classics in Biblical Studies
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

K. C. Hanson has taught biblical studies at Episcopal Theological School and the School of Theology at Claremont, Creighton University, and St. Olaf College. He is author of numerous scholarly articles and two volumes in the Proclamation series. His published works include Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts (Fortress Press, 1998).

Joachim Jeremias was Professor of New Testament at the University of Goettingen, Germany. He is author of several books from Fortress Press, including Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus (1975).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Editor's Foreword

1. Searching for the Historical Jesus

The Theology of the Kerygma

The Crucial Significance of the Historical Jesus

The Good News of Jesus and the Proclamation of the Early Church

2. The Sermon on the Mount

The Problem

The Origins of the Sermon on the Mount

The Sermon on the Mount as an Early Christian Catechism

The Individual Sayings of Jesus

Not Law, but Gospel

3. The Lord's Prayer

The Lord's Prayer in the Ancient Church

The Earliest Text of the Lord's Prayer

The Meaning of the Lord's Prayer

4. The Central Message of the New Testament

'Abba'

The Sacrificial Death

Justification by Faith

The Revealing Word

Abbreviations

Notes

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Authors

Index of Terms

Bibliography of Joachim Jeremias's Works