The Earliest Perceptions of Jesus in Context - Essays in Honor of John Nolland

This volume contributes to the study of the identity of Jesus, focusing on how he was originally perceived both by his contemporaries and in the earliest Christian writings. The essays include studies of methodology, archaeology, background, individual gospel perspectives, gospel relationships,intertextuality in the gospels, the earliest reception of the Jesus tradition in the post-Easter writings of the New Testament, and the missiological and pedagogical implications of Jesus'' teaching.John Nolland is the reason for this volume, and his important writings on the gospels are its backdrop. The contributors, who include N.T. Wright, Craig Evans, Darrell Bock, Rainer Riesner and Roland Deines, pay tribute to Nolland''s work and ideas, by drawing on his writings, and by exploring questions and issues close to his heart.>

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• Authors: Craig A Evans, David Wenham, Aaron White, Aaron (Trinity College Bristol White, White Aaron
• Assisted by: Craig A. Evans (Editor), Craig A. (Acadia Divinity College Evans (Editor), David Wenham (Editor), David (Trinity College Bristol Wenham (Editor), Aaron White (Editor), Aaron (Trinity College Bristol White (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9780567671776
• ISBN: 978-0-567-67177-6
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: The Library of New Testament Studies; Library of New Testament Studi; Library of New Testament Studi; The Library of New Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis