Introducing Jesus: The Fourfold Gospel

by Andreas J. Köstenberger

Publisher:

Kregel

, 2024

Overview

A book for those who think they know Jesus and for those who know they don't.

Can anyone in our high-tech world truly understand someone who lived two thousand years ago? Can we get through twenty centuries of tradition to the real person who started it all? Andreas Köstenberger shows that the Gospels, the four earliest records about Jesus, do just that. These writings, named Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, alongside key facts about the ancient world, bring Jesus's life, his words, and his legacy into focus.

Introducing Jesus gets to the heart of what was—and is—important about Jesus. Köstenberger uses succinct prose, photographs, maps, charts, and more to address these questions:

What did each gospel writer intend to convey about Jesus?

What historical backgrounds help us understand Jesus better?

What aspects of Jesus's life and teaching do the Gospels emphasize?

What does Jesus mean to people living today?

Adapted from Köstenberger's The Jesus of the Gospels (2020) for a younger readership, Introducing Jesus lends itself well to the typical organization of a high school year or college semester.

Key Features

• Explores what Jesus means to people living today
• Uses succinct prose, photographs, maps, charts, and more
• Gets to the heart of what was—and is—important about Jesus

Product Details

• Title: Introducing Jesus: The Fourfold Gospel
• Author: Andreas J. Köstenberger
• Publisher: Kregel
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Resource ID: LLS:NTDJSFFGSL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-04T19:42:35Z

About Andreas J. Köstenberger

Andreas J. Köstenberger (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is senior research professor of New Testament and biblical theology and director of PhD studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Encountering the Gospel of John, The Book Study Concordance of the Greek New Testament, and The Missions of Jesus and the Disciples according to the Fourth Gospel. He also translated Adolf Schlatter's two-volume New Testament Theology, and editor of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society.