A Quest for the Historical Christ: Scientia Christi and the Modern Study of Jesus
Overview
A Quest for the Historical Christ brings together a collection of interrelated essays on the historical Jesus and primitive Christology. Sensitive to the diverse, but traditionally Protestant assumptions and perspectives of the "Quest" as well as to the widely lamented disconnect between New Testament exegesis and classical dogmatic theology, an alternative approach is proposed in these pages. Ecumenical and conciliar reference points, along with non-confessional historical methods (e.g. archeology) shape the basic project, which nevertheless assumes some distinctive and important Catholic contours. This particular synthesis injects the voice of a missing interlocutor into an established conversation that has not infrequently been both historically confused and dogmatically (and philosophically) numb.
The book is divided into three sections: Historical Foundations, Theological Perspectives, and Jesus and the Scriptures. While the individual chapters represent independent probes, the cumulative argument and arc of the study drives in clear and concerted directions. After a first approach to the Gospel data, attentive at once to historiographical and historical questions, a series of interventions reorienting the present scholarly discussion are suggested. These various, foundational essays lead, finally, to a sustained mediation on the mind of Christ, considered as a unique reader of the Scriptures: a meditation having its proper reflex and reflection in the way Christians themselves, as readers of the Gospels, participate in the Lord's own encounter with the living Word.
- Brings together a collection of interrelated essays on the historical Jesus and primitive Christology
- Explores Historical Foundations, Theological Perspectives, and Jesus and the Scriptures
Offers a penetrating critique of various trends in contemporary historical Jesus research and related fields, but from a distinctively Catholic perspective. Given the fact that these respective fields are dominated by Protestant and secular scholars, such a robust and explicitly Catholic contribution adds a very important voice to the current conversation.
—Brant Pitre, author of Jesus and the Last Supper
A Quest for the Historical Christ is a brilliant piece of work. It is perceptive, penetrating, balanced, and fair. Anthony Giambrone demonstrates mastery of history, theology, and exegesis on a level of sophistication I have not seen in previous books that probe this important topic. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
—Craig A. Evans, Houston Baptist University
- Title: A Quest for the Historical Christ: Scientia Christi and the Modern Study of Jesus
- Author: Anthony Giambrone
- Publisher: Catholic University of America
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Pages: 448
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Jesus Christ › Historicity--History of doctrines; Catholic Church › Doctrines
- ISBNs: 9780813234878, 9780813234885, 0813234875, 0813234883
- Resource ID: LLS:QSTHSTRCLCHRST
- Resource Type: Monograph
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