Christ is the question /

Meeks, Wayne A.

Christ is the question / Wayne A. Meeks. - First edition. - x, 166 pages ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Answers and questions -- Does anybody know my Jesus? : between dogma and romanticism -- Memory and invention : the making of Jesus Christ -- A story to think with : from crucifixion to metaphor -- The Bible teaches--through a glass darkly -- Is Jesus the last word?

The author argues that Jesus' identity is not a permanent historical artifact to be uncovered by careful technique but the outcome of transactions between him and those who knew/know him. Because the transactions are still going on we are still learning who Jesus is.

066422962X 9780664229627

2005050959


Jesus Christ--Person and offices.

BT203 / .M44 2006

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