Jesus and Philosophy New Essays

Name: Jesus and Philosophy New Essays
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ISBN: 9780521694865

ISBN-10: 0521694868

ISBN-13: 9780521694865

Edition: 2008

Authors: Paul K. Moser, Paul K. Moser

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What, if anything, does Jesus of Nazareth have to do with philosophy? This question motivates this collection of new essays from leading theologians, philosophers, and biblical scholars. Part I portrays Jesus in his first-century intellectual and historical context, attending to intellectual influences and contributions and contemporaneous similar patterns of thought. Part II examines how Jesus influenced two of the most prominent medieval philosophers. It considers the seeming conceptual shift from Hebraic categories of thought to distinctively Greco-Roman ones in later Christian philosophers. Part III considers the significance of Jesus for some prominent contemporary philosophical…

Book details

List price: $36.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 10/20/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.90" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction: Jesus and philosophy




Jesus in His First-Century Context



Jesus: sources and self-understanding




Sipping from the cup of wisdom




The Jesus of the Gospels and philosophy




Paul, the mind of Christ, and philosophy




Jesus in Medieval Philosophy



Jesus and Augustine




Jesus and Aquinas




Jesus in Contemporary Philosophy



The epistemology of Jesus: an initial investigation




Paul Ricoeur: a biblical philosopher on Jesus




Jesus and forgiveness




Jesus Christ and the meaning of life