This volume presents a collection of papers by scholars from Europe and the USA on a question which is currently again the subject of intensive discussion - the figure of the historical Jesus. One main problem is that of methodology - how in general can history be constructed from texts, how is it possible in this particular case to draw a picture of Jesus the person from the texts about him? This question is placed within the wider context of epistemological and historiographical enquiry.

A further major question is that of the relationship between Jesus' work and the development of the Christian faith. Whereas earlier scholars often saw a gap between the two, many of the present contributors put forward a different point of view. In addition, a number of questions of detail are treated which are important for research into the historical Jesus (the law, Jesus' concept of death, judgement and salvation).

Autorentext

Dr. Jens Schroeter ist Professor für Neues Testament an der Universität Hamburg.

Dr. Ralph Brucker ist Neutestamentler an der Universität Hamburg.

Beide haben bereits als Autoren bzw. Herausgeber Veröffentlichungen zur Jesusforschung bzw. zur Methodendiskussion vorgelegt.