Gospel Images of Jesus Christ in Church Tradition and in Biblical Scholarship ISBN: Fifth International East-West Symposium of New Testament 9783161519086 (hb) Scholars, Minsk, September 2 to 9, 2010 PRICE: edited by Christos Karakolis, Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr and Sviatoslav $168.00 (hb) Rogalsky PUBLICATION DATE: DESCRIPTION: 31 December 2012 (hb) This collection of essays contains the papers given at the Fifth International East-West Symposium of New Testament Scholars in Minsk (Belarus). The symposium was a project of the Eastern Europe BINDING: Liaison Committee of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas. Main subject matters of the volume are hardback the history and methodological questions of modern Jesus research, approaches to the Jesus of history in ancient and modern Christian exegesis, Jesus as a Jew in ancient and modern exegesis, PAGES: and the portraits of Jesus in Luke and John. The authors of these papers deal with the parables of 458 Jesus, with his Galilean ministry, with the passion narrative in Mark and with the death of Christ according to Paul's letters. All topics are discussed from a Western (Protestant and Roman-Catholic) ILLUSTRATIONS: exegetical perspective as well as from an Orthodox point of view. A concluding report recapitulates Illus. the group discussions and seminar sessions of the symposium. Contributors: Charalampos Atmatzidis, Reimund Bieringer, Predrag Dragutinoviä?, Carl R. Holladay, Christos Karakolis, PUBLISHER: Dominika A. Kurek-Chomycz, Ulrich Luz, Joel Marcus, Vasile Mihoc, Tobias Nicklas, Karl-Wilhelm Mohr Siebeck Niebuhr, Marius Reiser, Armand Puig i Tàrrech, Sviatoslav Rogalsky, Ekaterini G. Tsalampouni, Konstantinos Th. Zarras IMPRINT: Mohr Siebeck TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface<br> Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr: Introduction SERIES: Wissenschaftliche I Biblical Scholarship in Russia and Belarus<br> Metropolitan Philaret of Minsk and Slutsk: Church Untersuchungen zum Life and Biblical Scholarship in Belarus. An Opening Lecture - Sviatoslav Rogalsky: A Historical Neuen Testament Overview of Pre-Revolutionary Russian Biblical Scholarship READER INTERESTS: II Papers from the symposium<br> Ulrich Luz: Jesus from a Western Perspective. State of Biblical Studies Research. Methodology - Charalampos Atmatzidis: The Historical Jesus: State of Research and Methodological Questions from an Orthodox Perspective - Marius Reiser: Jesus-Research from the Enlightenment until Today - Vasile Mihoc: How Did the Church Fathers Understand the History of Jesus? - Ekaterini G. Tsalampouni: Jesus in the view of Luke - Reimund Bieringer: à because the Father is greater than I (John 14:28). Johannine Christology in Light of the Relationship Between the Father and the Son - Konstantinos Th. Zarras: Beyond Jesus the Jew: Old Visions Meet Modern Challenges - Joel Marcus: Jesus the Jew in Recent Western Scholarship III Contributions from the Seminars<br> Armand Puig i Tàrrech: Interpreting the Parables of Jesus. A Test Case: The Parable of the lost Sheep - Predrag Dragutinoviä?: The Parables: A Theological Approach. Reading Parables in the Context of Today's Orthodox Church - Carl R. Holladay: Jesus and His Followers in Galilee: Albert Schweitzer's Reconstruction - Carl R. Holladay: Jesus' Ministry in Galilee in Matthew 8?10 - Tobias Nicklas: The Crucified Christ and the Silence of God. Thoughts on the Christology of the Gospel of Mark - Dominika A. Kurek-Chomycz: Performing the Passion, Embodying Proclamation: The Story of Jesus' Passion in the Pauline Letters? IV Discussion<br> Christos Karakolis: Group Discussion: Summaries and Reflections - Urs von Arx: Notes from the Group Discussion<br> CONTRIBUTORS BIOGRAPHIES: Christos Karakolis, Born 1968; 1990 Bachelor in Theology; 1990-96 Doctoral studies at the Universities of Thessaloniki, Regensburg and Tübingen; 1996 ThD; since 2005 Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Athens. Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr, Born 1956; 1975-1981 studied Theology at Halle University; 1985 Dr. Theol. Halle; 1986 ordinated as Lutheran Pastor; 1991 Habilitation; since 1997 Professor of New Testament at the Theological Faculty of Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena. Sviatoslav Rogalsky, Born 1978; 2003 Doctor of Theology; responsible for the organisation of 5th East-West Symposium in Minsk in 2010; 2011 Secretary of the Academical Council of the Theological Institute of Belarusian State University; 2011 ordained as a deacon of Belarusian Orthodox Church. .