Burkett The Blackwell Companion to Jesus

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-5175-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 576 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Companions to Religion

The Blackwell Companion to Jesus features a comprehensivecollection of essays that explore the diverse ways in which Jesushas been imagined or portrayed from the beginnings of Christianityto the present day.
* Considers portrayals of Jesus in the New Testament and beyond,Jesus in non-Christian religions, philosophical and historicperspectives, modern manifestations, and representations inChristian art, novels, and film
* Comprehensive scope of coverage distinguishes this work fromsimilar offerings
* Examines both Christian and non-Christian perspectives onJesus, including those from ethnic and sexual groups, as well asfrom other faiths
* Offers rich and rewarding insights which will shape ourunderstanding of this influential figure and his enduringlegacy

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burkett, Delbert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures viii
Notes on Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xv
Images of Jesus: An Overview 1
Delbert Burkett
Part I Jesus in the New Testament 11
1 Mark's Portrait of Jesus 13
William R. Telford
2 Who Do You Say That I Am? A Matthean Response 30
Elaine M. Wainwright
3 Jesus in Luke-Acts 47
Delbert Burkett
4 John's Portrait of Jesus 64
Mary L. Coloe
5 Jesus in Q 81
Christopher Tuckett
6 Paul, Jesus, and Christ 94
Edward Adams
7 Jesus in the General Epistles 111
Harold W. Attridge
8 Jesus in the Apocalypse 119
Ian Boxall
9 Constructing Images of Jesus from the Hebrew Bible 127
Warren Carter
Part II Jesus Beyond the New Testament 143
10 Ancient Apocryphal Portraits of Jesus 145
J. K. Elliott
11 Gnostic Portraits of Jesus 160
Majella Franzmann
12 The Christ of the Creeds 176
Khaled Anatolios
13 Jesus in Atonement Theories 193
Stephen Finlan
Part III Jesus in World Religions 213
14 Jewish Perspectives on Jesus 215
Michael J. Cook
15 Islamic Perspectives on Jesus 232
Reem A. Meshal and M. Reza Pirbhai
16 Hindu Perspectives on Jesus 250
Sandy Bharat
17 Buddhist Perspectives on Jesus 267
Peggy Morgan
Part IV Philosophical and Historical Perspectives on Jesus283
18 Skeptical Perspectives on Jesus' Resurrection 285
Michael Martin
19 The Quest for the Historical Jesus: An Overview 301
David B. Gowler
20 The "Jesus" of the Jesus Seminar 319
Robert J. Miller
21 The Quest for the Historical Jesus: An Appraisal 337
Helen K. Bond
Part V Modern Manifestations of Jesus 355
22 Modern Western Christology 357
John P. Galvin
23 Christology in Africa, Asia, and Latin America 375
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
24 Jesus in American Culture 394
Paul Harvey
25 The Black Christ 410
Kelly Brown Douglas with Delbert Burkett
26 Feminist Christologies 427
Lisa Isherwood
27 The "Gay" Jesus 443
Theodore W. Jennings Jr.
28 Modern Mystifi cations of Jesus 458
Per Beskow
Part VI Jesus in Art, Fiction, and Film 475
29 Jesus in Christian Art 477
Robin M. Jensen
30 Jesus Novels: Solving Problems with Fiction 504
Zeba A. Crook
31 Jesus in Film 519
Adele Reinhartz
Index 532

Über Autor(innen)

Delbert Burkett is Professor of Religious Studies at Louisiana State University. He is the author of The Son of Man Debate: A History and Evaluation (1999), An Introduction to the New Testament and Origins of Christianity (2002), and Rethinking the Gospel Sources: From Proto-Mark to Mark (2004).