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Title: God's Final Envoy: Early Christology and Jesus' Own View of His Mission (Studying the Historical Jesus) by Marinus De Jonge, Marinus de Jonge ISBN: 0802844820 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5
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Summary: Superb study of Jesus' own "Christology"
Comment: This book is volume III in an ongoing series called "Studying the Historical Jesus", edited by Bruce Chilton and Craig Evans. It's not very innovative, which will unfortunately turn away sensationalists who are simply craving something new and exciting to say about Jesus. Novelty is not necessarily a mark of merit, nor does a lack thereof automatically signal a lack of progress. This book is a refreshing reminder of that. Marinus de Jonge offers a cautious and plausible study of how Jesus saw himself on earth, and thus of his own "Christology", focusing on the earliest sources available -- Paul, Q, and Mark. He shows that Jesus' earliest followers were dominated by the conviction that he was an eschatological figure who had inaugurated the long-awaited era of God's dealings with Israel and the entire world. While he may not have publicly announced his future coming as the Son of Man from heaven, he nonetheless believed he would return as such, and that he would rule and judge as God's viceroy in the Kingdom. He likewise probably thought of himself as the Son of David, and the title Son of God should be understood in light of various Old Testament texts linking the term to messianic beliefs. But Jesus went a step further on this point, seen in the way he used "abba" in addressing God. From all of this, the author adduces that Jesus himself had a "Christology", in that he spoke and acted as the Son on whom the Father had bestowed everything to be his servant at the crucial turning point in Israel's history. Eschatology is thus inextricably tied to Christology -- much as it galls so many academics to acknowledge this -- though this Christology must be seen as fundamentally theocentric, relating to God's initiative (not Jesus') and his own supreme will in establishing the Kingdom on earth.
De Jonge's thesis is that Jesus saw himself as "God's final envoy", just as his followers did. This belief dominated right from the get-go, before the first Easter. This short and cautious book draws sane and sensible conclusions. . .but it probably won't be read as much as it deserves to be.
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Title: Mentor, Message, and Miracles (A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume 2) by John P. Meier ISBN: 0385469926 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 01 November, 1994 List Price(USD): $42.50 |
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Title: The Resurrection of the Son of God by N. T. Wright ISBN: 0800626796 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.00 |
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Title: Jesus' Prayer and Jesus' Eucharist: His Personal Practice of Spirituality by Bruce Chilton ISBN: 1563382040 Publisher: Trinity Pr Intl Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: The Christology of Jesus by Ben, III Witherington ISBN: 0800631080 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Faith of Jesus Christ: The Narrative Substructure of Galatians 3:1-4:11 (The Biblical Resource Series) by Richard B. Hays, Luke Timothy Johnson ISBN: 0802849571 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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