Finding the Historical Christ (2009 Barnett), book

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Finding the Historical Christ (2009) is a book by Paul Barnett.

Abstract

The Author contends that the Historical Jesus did indeed claim to be the Messiah and his disciples fully shared that conviction.

"Paul Barnett's title Finding the Historical Christ is a calculated jab against the popular dichotomy between the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith. In this book Barnett seeks to establish that the two figures are, in fact, one and the same. / The culmination of Barnett's After Jesus trilogy, Finding the Historical Christ carefully examines the ancient sources pertaining to Jesus, including writings by historians hostile to the Christian movement (Josephus, Tacitus, Pliny), the summarized "biographies" of Jesus in the book of Acts, and especially the four canonical Gospels. Based on compelling historical evidence, Barnett maintains that Jesus of Nazareth regarded himself as the prophesied Christ, as did his disciples before Jesus died and rose again. This is the only way to explain the phenomenon of the early church worshiping Jesus."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009.

Table of contents

  • The postresurrection church and the preresurrection Christ
  • Horizon one hundred : the Gospels
  • Horizon one hundred : the hostile sources
  • The Jerusalem biographical tradition
  • Mark and memory
  • Earliest window (Luke 1:1-4)
  • Is the witness of John historical?
  • Christ in Paul's Letters
  • Glimpses of Jesus in Galilee: criteria and context
  • Appendix: A note on Gospel genre
  • The Christ we find.

External links

  • [ Google Books]
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