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The Blackwell Companion to Jesus The Blackwell Companion to Jesus Blackwell Companions to Religion The Blackwell Companions to Religion series presents a collection of the most recent scholarship and knowledge about world religions. Each volume draws together newly commissioned essays by distinguished authors in the fi eld, and is presented in a style which is accessible to undergraduate students, as well as scholars and the interested general reader. These volumes approach the subject in a creative and forward - thinking style, providing a forum in which leading scholars in the fi eld can make their views and research available to a wider audience. Published The Blackwell Companion to Judaism Edited by Jacob Neusner and Alan J. Avery - Peck The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion Edited by Richard K. Fenn The Blackwell Companion to the Hebrew Bible Edited by Leo G. Perdue The Blackwell Companion to Postmodern Theology Edited by Graham Ward The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism Edited by Gavin Flood The Blackwell Companion to Political Theology Edited by Peter Scott and William T. Cavanaugh The Blackwell Companion to Protestantism Edited by Alister E. McGrath and Darren C. Marks The Blackwell Companion to Modern Theology Edited by Gareth Jones The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics Edited by Stanley Hauerwas and Samuel Wells The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics Edited by William Schweiker The Blackwell Companion to Christian Spirituality Edited by Arthur Holder The Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion Edited by Robert A. Segal The Blackwell Companion to the Qur ’ a¯ n Edited by Andrew Rippin The Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Islamic Thought Edited by Ibrahim M. Abu - Rabi ’ The Blackwell Companion to the Bible and Culture Edited by John F. A. Sawyer The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism Edited by James J. Buckley, Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt, and Trent Pomplun The Blackwell Companion to Eastern Christianity Edited by Ken Parr The Blackwell Companion to the Theologians Edited by Ian S. Markham The Blackwell Companion to the Bible in English Literature Edited by Rebecca Lemon, Emma Mason, John Roberts, and Christopher Rowland The Blackwell Companion to the New Testament Edited by David E. Aune The Blackwell Companion to Nineteenth Century Theology Edited by David Fergusson The Blackwell Companion to Religion in America Edited by Philip Goff The Blackwell Companion to Jesus Edited by Delbert Burkett Forthcoming The Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence Edited by Andrew Murphy The Blackwell Companion to African Religions Edited by Elias Bongmba The Blackwell Companion to Christian Mysticism Edited by Julia A. Lamm The Blackwell Companion to Pastoral Theology Edited by Bonnie Miller McLemore The Blackwell Companion to Chinese Religions Edited by Randall Nadeau The Blackwell Companion to Buddhism Edited by Mario Poceski and Michael Zimmermann The Blackwell Companion to Jesus Edited by Delbert Burkett A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication This edition fi rst published 2011 © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Blackwell Publishing was acquired by John Wiley & Sons in February 2007. Blackwell’s publishing program has been merged with Wiley’s global Scientifi c, Technical, and Medical business to form Wiley-Blackwell. 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If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Blackwell companion to Jesus / edited by Delbert Burkett. p. cm. – (Blackwell companions to religion) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4051-9362-7 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Jesus Christ–History of doctrines. I. Burkett, Delbert Royce. II. Title: Companion to Jesus. BT198.B543 2011 232'.809–dc22 2010016187 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Set in 10/13 Photina by Kevin Fung Best Set Printed in Singapore 01 2011 Contents List of Figures viii Notes on Contributors ix Acknowledgments xv Images of Jesus: An Overview 1 Delbert Burkett Part I Jesus in the New Testament 11 1 Mark’s Portrait of Jesus 13 William R. Telford 2 Who Do You Say That I Am? A Matthean Response 30 Elaine M. Wainwright 3 Jesus in Luke-Acts 47 Delbert Burkett 4 John’s Portrait of Jesus 64 Mary L. Coloe 5 Jesus in Q 81 Christopher Tuckett 6 Paul, Jesus, and Christ 94 Edward Adams 7 Jesus in the General Epistles 111 Harold W. Attridge vi CONTENTS 8 Jesus in the Apocalypse 119 Ian Boxall 9 Constructing Images of Jesus from the Hebrew Bible 127 Warren Carter Part II Jesus Beyond the New Testament 143 10 Ancient Apocryphal Portraits of Jesus 145 J. K. Elliott 11 Gnostic Portraits of Jesus 160 Majella Franzmann 12 The Christ of the Creeds 176 Khaled Anatolios 13 Jesus in Atonement Theories 193 Stephen Finlan Part III Jesus in World Religions 213 14 Jewish Perspectives on Jesus 215 Michael J. Cook 15 Islamic Perspectives on Jesus 232 Reem A. Meshal and M. Reza Pirbhai 16 Hindu Perspectives on Jesus 250 Sandy Bharat 17 Buddhist Perspectives on Jesus 267 Peggy Morgan Part IV Philosophical and Historical Perspectives on Jesus 283 18 Skeptical Perspectives on Jesus’ Resurrection 285 Michael Martin 19 The Quest for the Historical Jesus: An Overview 301 David B. Gowler 20 The “Jesus” of the Jesus Seminar 319 Robert J. Miller 21 The Quest for the Historical Jesus: An Appraisal 337 Helen K. Bond CONTENTS vii Part V Modern Manifestations of Jesus 355 22 Modern Western Christology 357 John P. Galvin 23 Christology in Africa, Asia, and Latin America 375 Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen 24 Jesus in American Culture 394 Paul Harvey 25 The Black Christ 410 Kelly Brown Douglas with Delbert Burkett 26 Feminist Christologies 427 Lisa Isherwood 27 The “Gay” Jesus 443 Theodore W. Jennings Jr. 28 Modern Mystifi cations of Jesus 458 Per Beskow Part VI Jesus in Art, Fiction, and Film 475 29 Jesus in Christian Art 477 Robin M. Jensen 30 Jesus Novels: Solving Problems with Fiction 504 Zeba A. Crook 31 Jesus in Film 519 Adele Reinhartz Index 532 Figures 1 Jesus as the Good Shepherd. Catacomb of Peter and Marcellinus. 480 2 “ Christ Healing the Sick, ” Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, ca. 1647. British Museum, London. 482 3 Jesus as healer and wonder - worker. Sarcophagus of Marcia Romania Celsa, Mus é e d é partemental Arles antique. 483 4 Madonna and Child, mid sixth century. From the Basilica of Sant ’ Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna. 485 5 Baptism of Christ, late fi fth or early sixth century. From the Arian Baptistery, Ravenna. 487 6 Transfi guration. Portable mosaic from Constantinople, ca. 1200 CE . Louvre Museum, Paris. 488 7 Jesus ’ entry into Jerusalem, last quarter of the fourth century. Sarcophagus from the Vatican Museo Pio Cristiano. 489 8 Last Supper, early sixth century. From the Basilica of Sant ’ Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna. 490 9 Arrest and trial of Jesus, ca. 350. Sarcophagus from the Vatican Museo Pio Cristiano. 491 10 Jesus crucifi ed, ca. 432. Panel from the wooden doors of Santa Sabina, Rome. 492 11 Christ resurrected, Fra Angelico, 1438. Museo di San Marco, Florence. 494 12 Trinity creating Adam and Eve, mid - fourth century. Sarcophagus from the Vatican Museo Pio Cristiano. 496 13 Christ giving the new law to Peter and Paul, ca. 350. Mosaic from an apse of Santa Constanza (Mausoleum of Constantina), Rome. 498 14 Last Judgment, ca. 1230. Tympanum of west portal, Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. 499 15 Portrait of Christ, mid - sixth century. From the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna. 501 Notes on Contributors Edward Adams is Senior Lecturer in New Testament Studies in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, King ’ s College London. He is the author of Constructing the World: A Study in Paul ’ s Cosmological Language (T & T Clark 2000) and The Stars Will Fall from Heaven: Cosmic Catastrophe in the New Testament and its World (T & T Clark 2007). Khaled Anatolios is Associate Professor of Historical Theology at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. He is the author of Athanasius: The Coherence of his Thought (Routledge 1998, 2004) and the Athanasius volume of the Routledge Early Church Fathers series, as well as many articles on topics in early Christian, systematic, and Eastern Christian theology.
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