Renewing New Testament Christology
Renewing New Testament Christology
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Advocating New Testament Christology as a historically informed theological enterprise readily suggests the book's two-part structure: the treatment of the four Christologies in Part Two is warranted by the arguments in Part One, whose first chapter neither surveys nor summarizes the history of research but instead presents a historically informed argument about the impact of "history" on Christology. The second chapter provides a crisp formal statement of Christology's task as the clue to its nature. Christology's logic--its reasoning--is especially important, for it accounts for the way Jesus's religious significance is grounded in his relation to God. In Part Two, the approach outlined in the second chapter of Part One is applied to two Gospels (Matthew and John) and two Epistles (Romans and Hebrews). These four chapters can be read in any sequence because their order is not part of the argument. Simply juxtaposing these chapters allows each voice to be heard in its own register. Part Two shuns talking of New Testament Christology's "unity" (sometimes a mischievous word) without thereby doubting that the New Testament's diverse Christologies also share certain ways of thinking, expressed in differing words.
About the Author
About the Author
Leander E. Keck is Winkley Professor Emeritus of Biblical Theology at Yale Divinity School. He is the author of scores of books and scholarly articles, including being general editor of the New Interpreter's Bible Commentary.
Table of Content
Table of Content
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction by David Keck Part 1: Finding the Right Subject 1. Changing the Subject 2. The Subject Redefined Part 2: One Jesus, Four Christologies 3. Matthew: Jesus and Our Rectitude 4. Romans: Jesus and God's Rectitude 5. John: Jesus and the Exegesis of God 6. Hebrews: Jesus and the Pilgrims' Assurance Conclusion by Richard B. Hays
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