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This book gives readers a fresh understanding of the life, ministry and teachings of Jesus. It helps to narrow the gap between 'the historical Jesus' and 'the Christ of faith'
About the author
Nicholas Perrin (Ph.D., Marquette University) is Dean of the Wheaton Graduate School where he also holds the Franklin S. Dyrness Chair of Biblical Studies. Between 2000 and 2003, he was research assistant for N. T. Wright and has since authored and edited numerous articles and books, including
Thomas and Tatian (Society of Biblical Literature/Brill);
Thomas: The Other Gospel (Westminster John Knox);
Lost in Transmission: What We Can Know about the Words of Jesus (Thomas Nelson); and
Jesus the Temple (SPCK; Baker Academic), the first of a three-part trilogy on the historical Jesus. He is also co-editor of the recently revised edition of
Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (InterVarsity).
Summary
By viewing Jesus as temple, we gain an enriched understanding of his ministry, teachings, death and resurrection. Whereas modern history of Jesus research has tended to separate the historical Jesus from the proclamation of the early church, Perrin's account effectively closes the historical gap between founder and movement.
