Language:
English
Year of publication:
2025
Titel der Quelle:
The New Cambridge Companion to Jesus
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2025) 44-57
Keywords:
Jesus Biography
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Jesus Person and offices
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New Testament. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Christianity and other religions Judaism Early church, ca. 30-600
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History
Abstract:
Despite its familiarity, the fourfold canonical gospel presents a challenge for interpreters, captured in the famous symbols of the evangelists. Mark’s Jesus embodies the paradox of the crucified king of Israel. Matthew adds to this a portrait of Jesus the Prophet-like-Moses and Davidic shepherd who renews Israel’s covenant. Luke presents Jesus as Lord and prophet who brings redemption and distinctively champions the poor. John’s Jesus is the Word from the beginning and glorified Son of the Father. These subsequently canonized gospels stand out as authoritative amidst proliferating Jesus books. An approach that respects the fourfold gospel’s catholicity as well as its holding together of tensions in the historical impact of Jesus of Nazareth on his followers may be a fruitful path toward perceiving the one Jesus in the canonical Four.
DOI:
10.1017/9781009233002.005
URL:
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