A Christological Catechism

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Christological f.atechism
Joseph Fitzmyer, the eminent New Testament scholar, gives 20 succinct and well-worked out answers to the major questions asked about the person of Jesus in the Scriptures. "Do the Gospel stories present an accurate factual account of the teaching and deeds of Jesus of Nazareth?" "How much in fact can we claim to know about the historical Jesus?" "Who was responsible for the death of Jesus?" "Did Jesus clearly claim to be the Son of God?"
The author sets out the data of the New Testament as carefully and completely as possible in a short amount of space. He has fashioned his own frank answers, but they reflect the best of modern biblical scholarship on the most important of all Gospel questions: "Who is this Jesus of Nazareth?" He ranges across all the major issues that face the Christian churches today, including the problems of Jesus as Son of God, the Virgin Birth, Jesus' claim to be the messiah, the historical accuracy of the Resurrection texts,... Tovább

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Christological f.atechism
Joseph Fitzmyer, the eminent New Testament scholar, gives 20 succinct and well-worked out answers to the major questions asked about the person of Jesus in the Scriptures. "Do the Gospel stories present an accurate factual account of the teaching and deeds of Jesus of Nazareth?" "How much in fact can we claim to know about the historical Jesus?" "Who was responsible for the death of Jesus?" "Did Jesus clearly claim to be the Son of God?"
The author sets out the data of the New Testament as carefully and completely as possible in a short amount of space. He has fashioned his own frank answers, but they reflect the best of modern biblical scholarship on the most important of all Gospel questions: "Who is this Jesus of Nazareth?" He ranges across all the major issues that face the Christian churches today, including the problems of Jesus as Son of God, the Virgin Birth, Jesus' claim to be the messiah, the historical accuracy of the Resurrection texts, and the special place of Peter and the apostles.
This book is a major statement on the biblical evidence for the nature of Christ. It will help all readers, from scholar to ordinary believer, understand recent biblical research.
Fr. Fitzmyer is one of the leading Catholic biblical scholars in the United States. He is currently professor of New Testament in the Biblical Studies Department of Catholic University of America, well known as one of the foremost Aramaic scholars in the country and an editor of the Jerome Biblical Commentary. Vissza