The Origin of Christology

This text is about the processes by which Christians of the 1st century came to understand Jesus as they did. The author re-examines four familiar characterizations of Jesus as the Son of Man, the Son of God, Christ and Lord, considers the implications of his findings for Christian doctrine.

Klappentext

This book is about the processes by which Christians of the first century came to understand Jesus as they did. Some writers represent these as 'evolutionary', as though a merely human teacher came to be thought of as a divine figure (a new species, so to speak).

Inhalt

Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Four well-known descriptions of Jesus; 2. The corporate Christ; 3. Conceptions of Christ in writers other than Paul; 4. The scope of the death of Christ; 5. The fulfilment theme in the New Testament; 6. Retrospect; 7. Prospect: the 'ultimacy' of Christ; Excursus; Index of references; Index of names.