The Cambridge Companion to Jesus

Professor of Biblical and Early Christian Studies Markus Bockmuehl
Cambridge University Press
9780521796781
0-521-79678-4

This Companion's starting point is the realization that Jesus of Nazareth cannot be studied purely as a subject of ancient history, or as "a man like any other man." History, literature, theology and the.

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dynamic of a living, worldwide religious reality appropriately impinge on the study of Jesus. This book therefore incorporates the most up-to-date historical work on Jesus with the "larger issues" of critical method--the story of Christian faith and study, as well as Jesus in a global church and in the encounter with Judaism and Islam.