Rediscovering Jesus: An Introduction to Biblical, Religious and Cultural Perspectives on Christ
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Overview
Who is your Jesus? Matthew's teacher? John’s Word made flesh? Hebrews’ great high priest? What if it turned out that your Jesus is a composite of your favorite selections from the New Testament buffet, garnished with some Hollywood and Americana?
Rediscovering Jesus takes us on a gallery tour of biblical portraits of Jesus, from Matthew through Revelation. Our expert guides point out the background and highlights of each New Testament image of Jesus. Then we hit the streets to visit other houses of worship and their scriptures, examining the Jesus of the Book of Mormon and the Qur’an. Popping into a bookstore, we browse the latest on the Gnostic and the historical Jesus. Then we’re off on a walking tour of Jesus in America, followed by a film festival of Jesus movies.
All along the way our tour guides describe and interpret, but also raise questions: How is this Jesus different from other portraits? If this were our only portrait of Jesus, what would our faith be like?
Rediscovering Jesus is an enjoyable, informative and challenging look at how we encounter Jesus in Scripture and our culture. With ample sidebars exploring contexts and the “so what?” questions, it takes us beyond other surveys by probing how our understanding of Jesus can make a difference for faith and life. From the authors of Rediscovering Paul, this is a textbook introduction to Jesus that guides us in our pilgrimage toward seeing Jesus truly.
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- Points out the background and highlights of each New Testament image of Jesus.
- Helps understand how Jesus can make a difference for faith and life.
- Guides us in our pilgrimage toward seeing Jesus truly.
Rediscovering Jesus is an inviting, insightful and creative survey of various portraits of Jesus from both inside and outside the Bible. Readers will be provoked to think through the implications of the Jesus they may already believe in and follow (whether they know it or not!), and to listen to all the witnesses with a discerning ear.
--Michael J. Gorman, Raymond E. Brown Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology, St. Mary’s Seminary University
Making Jesus in our own image—a dangerous temptation. Capes, Reeves and Richards provide the antidote in this well-written and witty book that tackles two key questions: Who is the Jesus of the Bible, and how does he differ from claims made about him in other religions? Using down-to-earth examples and stories from around the globe, the authors help readers better understand Jesus' life and teachings, and why this matters for our faith today. This book will be required reading in my NT survey course!
--Lynn Cohick, professor of New Testament, Wheaton College
Rediscovering Jesus is like an expert journalist or photographer examining the subject—in this case, Jesus—from all sides and angles. Not only do you get perspectives from the Gospels and the rest of the New Testament, but also impressions from Muslims, Mormons, movies and more besides. Few textbooks do as good of a job as this one in helping students engage with Jesus’ question ‘Who do you say that I am?’
--Nijay Gupta, assistant professor of New Testament, George Fox Evangelical Seminary
- Title: Rediscovering Jesus: An Introduction to Biblical, Religious and Cultural Perspectives on Christ
- Authors: David B. Capes, Rodney Reeves, E. Randolph Richards
- Publisher: IVP Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9780830898565, 9780830824724, 0830898565, 0830824723
- Resource ID: LLS:9780830898565
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-06T21:06:09Z