Who Is Jesus?: An Introduction to Christology by Thomas P. Rausch | Paperback

About this book Who Is Jesus? An Introduction to Christology covers the three quests for the historical Jesus, the methods for retrieving the historical Jesus, the Jewish background, the Jesus movement, his preaching and ministry, death, and resurrection, the various New Testament Christologies, and the development of christological doctrine from the New Testament period to the Council of Chalcedon. Editorial Reviews The question in the title of Rausch's new book succinctly summarizes its contents. However, unlike many introductions to the discipline of Christology, this work does not present a historical survey of the field of scholarship but instead attempts to put into practice a particular methodological model, the Third Quest for the Historical Jesus. In this regard, Rausch (Chilton Professor of Catholic Theology, Loyola Marymount Univ.; Catholicism at the Dawn of the Third Millennium) succeeds admirably. From the table of contents, one can identify each of the steps, which are well articulated and logically connected in the method adopted. After describing the differing presuppositions of the three different quests for the historical Jesus and his own research in the first two chapters, the author traces the development of Christology from Jesus' Palestinian Jewish background through the Council of Chalcedon (451 C.E.) and the Protestant Reformation. The final chapter provides a contemporary understanding of the question, "Who is Jesus?" Written in an informed but nontechnical manner, this book provides a highly readable explanation of the major issues in Christological theology. Recommended for public libraries. Highly recommended for academic libraries.-Fr. Charlie Murray, C.S.S., Fordham Univ. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.