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Preface | |
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Abbreviations | |
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Introduction | |
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In Search of the Historical Jesus | |
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The Quest for Jesus | |
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Jesus in the Eyes of Modern Reason | |
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The Jesus of the Enlightenment | |
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Jesus in the Nineteenth Century | |
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Jesus according to the Social Gospel | |
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A New Look at the Sources | |
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The Limits of Rational Inquiry | |
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Analyzing the Synoptic Material | |
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The New Quest for the Historical Jesus | |
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The Continued Quest | |
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The Third Wave | |
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A Non-eschatological Jesus | |
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An Eschatological but Nonapocalyptic Jesus | |
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Jesus in Context | |
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The Biblical Testimony and its Assessment through History | |
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The History of Jesus | |
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The Life and Destiny of Jesus | |
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Date and Place of His Birth | |
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Jesus' Descent | |
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Jesus and John the Baptist | |
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Duration and Extent of Jesus' Public Ministry | |
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Trial and Death | |
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The Empty Tomb and the Epiphanies of the Resurrected One | |
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The Proclamation of Jesus | |
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Jesus and the Law | |
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Announcing the Kingdom | |
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A Different Messiah | |
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Jesus the Christ | |
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Centrality of the Resurrection | |
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The Witness of the Synoptics | |
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The Markan Witness | |
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The Matthean Witness | |
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The Lukan Witness | |
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The Johannine Witness | |
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The Pauline Witness | |
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Stations of Christological Reflection | |
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The Early Church | |
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Medieval Trends | |
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The Reformation Emphasis | |
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The Modern Era | |
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The Relevance of Jesus Christ for Today | |
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The Human Face of God | |
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Bridging the Ugly, Broad Ditch | |
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The Jewishness of Jesus | |
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Jesus As Word and Deed | |
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Jesus' Self-Awareness | |
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Excursus: Incarnation, Preexistence, and Virgin Birth | |
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Cross and Resurrection | |
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Jesus' Self-Interpretation of His Death (Eucharist) | |
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The Salvational Significance of Jesus' Death | |
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The Enigmatic Character of Christ's Resurrection | |
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The Turning Point of the Resurrection | |
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Christus or Christa? | |
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Christ's Presence and Future | |
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Descent and Ascension of Christ | |
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No Other Name? | |
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The Kingdom and the Church | |
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The Return of Christ | |
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Subject Index | |
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Name Index | |
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Scripture Reference Index | |