Christology
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Books on the historical Jesus abound in both the scholarly market and the popular press. Few of these recent studies, however, draw on the entire witness of Scripture and tradition when engaging the contemporary debate over the meaning and significance of Jesus of Nazareth.
Bringing together both the pursuit of the historical Jesus and the systematic exposition of the Christ of faith, Hans Schwarz here presents a solid historical and biblical introduction to Christology that demonstrates the relevance of Jesus for today. After surveying the history of New Testament scholarship and exploring the biblical testimony itself, Schwarz restates important Christological themes in ways that connect them with present-day concerns. Schwarz includes in his discussion his own proposal for constructing a Christology “from below” that also takes seriously the resurrection.
Clear and well organized, this volume is an excellent resource for discussing Christological themes within the context of today’s historically oriented academy.
- Presents a solid historical and biblical introduction to Christology
- Demonstrates the relevance of Jesus for today
- Brings together both the pursuit of the historical Jesus and the systematic exposition of the Christ of faith
- In Search of the Historical Jesus
- The Biblical Testimony and its Assessment through History
- The Relevance of Jesus Christ for Today
Perhaps [Schwarz’s] most valuable contribution to modern scholarship is a willingness to engage seriously the biblical witness of the historical Christ. . . In an age when the starting point for much of biblical scholarship seems to be a healthy dose of textual skepticism, it is refreshing to hear someone who is at least willing to shape his scholarship around an appreciation for the sacredness of the text of Scripture.
—Concordia Theological Quarterly
Provides an excellent overview of key historical and contemporary issues in christological research; it is consistently fair and accurate even as it drives at what lies at the heart of each topic and issue. It serves as a reliable and comprehensive guide to the literature that neither condescends to the specialist nor excludes the nonspecialist. It should be of interest to the educated lay person and, in my view, required for Christology courses in seminaries, colleges, and universities throughout the country.
—The Princeton Seminary Bulletin
A tour de force, a mine of referenced information, and at points a much needed and nuanced corrective to popular conventional readings of key theologians.
—Expository Times
- Title: Christology
- Author: Hans Schwarz
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Print Publication Date: 1998
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 352
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Jesus Christ › Person and offices
- ISBNs: 0802844634, 9780802844637
- Resource ID: LLS:CHRISTOLOGYEERD
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-18T19:33:27Z
Hans Schwarz (DrTheol, Erlangen University), one of the major Lutheran theologians of the last half-century, is the author or editor of more than fifty books, including a critically acclaimed series of texts in systematic theology. He is professor emeritus of systematic theology and contemporary theological issues at the University of Regensburg and previously taught at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Ohio. He is ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern.