Jesus the Messiah: A Survey of the Life of Christ
The time is ripe for a new account of the life of Jesus. It has been over twenty-five years since an evangelical New Testament scholar has written a textbook survey of this type. Today the landscape of Jesus and Gospel studies has been radically transformed by new questions and critical challenges. No less remarkable is the contemporary renaissance of our knowledge of the world of Jesus.\ In Jesus the Messiah Robert Stein draws together the results of a career of research and writing on Jesus...
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In Jesus the Messiah, Robert H. Stein draws together the results of a career of research and writing on Jesus and the Gospels. Every episode in the life of Jesus is here treated with historical care and attention to its significance for understanding the life and ministry of Jesus. Clearly written, ably argued and geared to the needs of students, Jesus the Messiah will give inquiring minds a sure grounding in the life and ministry of Jesus. Publishers Weekly Stein, professor of New Testament at Bethel Theological Seminary, here attempts to remove the study of the life and work of Jesus of Nazareth from the realm of historical-critical study that has marked the quest for the historical Jesus from Albert Schweitzer to the Jesus Seminar. Stein declares that Jesus' supernatural nature, confirmed through Jesus' miracle-working ability, is the proper starting point for a study of the life of Christ. It is necessary, he argues, to speak of the Jesus of faith rather than merely a historical figure whose life may be dissected by the scalpel of academic criticism. Rather than engage in polemics, Stein very carefully examines every episode in the life of Jesus, from his birth through his boyhood to his death and resurrection, in a quest to understand the life and ministry of Jesus in its first-century context as well as its meaning for 20th-century culture. Stein's thoroughly researched and well-informed study of the life of Jesus offers a good introduction for any reader interested in the historical Jesus. (Nov.)
Abbreviations9Preface10Introduction11Pt. 1Key Issues in Studying the Life of Christ151Where You Start Determines Where You Finish: The Role of Presuppositions in Studying the Life of Jesus172Where Can We Go? Sources for Studying the Life of Jesus253When Did All This Take Place? The Problem of Chronology51Pt. 2The Life of Christ614Conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary: How It All Started635What Was the Boy Jesus Really Like? The Silent Years816The Baptism of Jesus: The Anointing of the Anointed907The Temptation of Jesus: The Battle Begun, the Path Decided1028The Call of the Disciples: You Shall Be My Witnesses1129The Message of Jesus: "The Kingdom of God Has Come to You"12310The Person of Jesus: "Who Then Is This, That Even the Wind & the Sea Obey Him?"14111The Events of Caesarea Philippi: The Turning Point15612The Transfiguration: A Glimpse of the Future16713The Triumphal Entry: Israel's King Enters Jerusalem17714The Cleansing of the Temple: God's House - a Den of Thieves18515The Last Supper: Jesus Looks to the Future19716Gethsemane, Betrayal & Arrest: God's Will, Human Treachery & Governmental Evil21417The Trial: The Condemning of the Innocent22418Suffered Under Pontius Pilate, Dead & Buried: Despised & Rejected, a Man of Suffering24119The Resurrection: "Why Do You Look for the Living Among the Dead?"259Index of Subjects279Index of References282
\ Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly\ Stein, professor of New Testament at Bethel Theological Seminary, here attempts to remove the study of the life and work of Jesus of Nazareth from the realm of historical-critical study that has marked the quest for the historical Jesus from Albert Schweitzer to the Jesus Seminar. Stein declares that Jesus' supernatural nature, confirmed through Jesus' miracle-working ability, is the proper starting point for a study of the life of Christ. It is necessary, he argues, to speak of the Jesus of faith rather than merely a historical figure whose life may be dissected by the scalpel of academic criticism. Rather than engage in polemics, Stein very carefully examines every episode in the life of Jesus, from his birth through his boyhood to his death and resurrection, in a quest to understand the life and ministry of Jesus in its first-century context as well as its meaning for 20th-century culture. Stein's thoroughly researched and well-informed study of the life of Jesus offers a good introduction for any reader interested in the historical Jesus. Nov.\ \
