In Jesus the Messiah, Robert H. Stein draws together the results of a career of research and writing on Jesus and the Gospels. Every episode in the life of Jesus is here treated with historical care and attention to its significance for understanding the life and ministry of Jesus. Clearly written, ably argued and geared to the needs of students, Jesus the Messiah will give inquiring minds a sure grounding in the life and ministry of Jesus.
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ISBN:0830851852
ISBN:9780830851850
Physical Description:print 290 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher:Downers Grove, Illinois :IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press,[2017]
pt. 1. Key Issues in Studying the Life of Christ. 1. Where You Start Determines Where You Finish: The Role of Presuppositions in Studying the Life of Jesus. 2. Where Can We Go? Sources for Studying the Life of Jesus. 3. When Did All This Take Place? The Problem of Chronology -- pt. 2. The Life of Christ. 4. Conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary: How It All Started. 5. What Was the Boy Jesus Really Like? The Silent Years. 6. The Baptism of Jesus: The Anointing of the Anointed. 7. The Temptation of Jesus: The Battle Begun, the Path Decided. 8. The Call of the Disciples: You Shall Be My Witnesses. 9. The Message of Jesus: "The Kingdom of God Has Come to You" 10. The Person of Jesus: "Who Then Is This, That Even the Wind & the Sea Obey Him?" 11. The Events of Caesarea Philippi: The Turning Point. 12. The Transfiguration: A Glimpse of the Future. 13. The Triumphal Entry: Israel's King Enters Jerusalem. 14. The Cleansing of the Temple: God's House -- a Den of Thieves. 15. The Last Supper: Jesus Looks to the Future. 16. Gethsemane, Betrayal & Arrest: God's Will, Human Treachery & Governmental Evil. 17. The Trial: The Condemning of the Innocent. 18. Suffered Under Pontius Pilate, Dead & Buried: Despised & Rejected, a Man of Suffering. 19. The Resurrection: "Why Do You Look for the Living Among the Dead?"
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