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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 | |