"This book traces the history of the idea that the king and later the messiah is Son of God, from its origins in ancient Near Eastern royal ideology to its Christian appropriation in the New Testament." "Both highly regarded scholars, Adela Yarbro Collins and John J. Collins argue that Jesus was called "the Son of God" precisely because he was believed to be the messianic king. This belief and …
The aim of this book is to bring together the titles and the interpretations of Jesus which we meet in the New Testament
"The Parables recorded in the Gospels are central to an understanding of Jesus and his ministry, and their teachings form, in large part, the heart of the Christian gospel. Though commonly assumed to be simple, easily understood stories, the parables actually present a number of complex challenges to modern readers hoping to fully grasp their meaning. In this book thirteen first-rate New Testam…
The author examines historical and contemporary understandings of Jesus Christ from a truly global and ecumenical perspective. Offering three main perspectives on Christology, Krkkinen attempts to combine classical and contextual work done in Christology throughout the course of church history