Birth of Jesus

Biblical and Theological Reflections

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

What is the significance of the birth of Jesus for people today? This text examines the continuing significance of the birth for the third millennium, considering issues such as Jesus' circumcision and His DNA to the power of nativity stories and their symbolic efficacy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-11-01
Mått:140 x 216 x 9 mm
Vikt:210 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:128
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780567087560

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Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

George J. Brooke is Rylands Professor of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis, University of Manchester (UK).

Recensioner i media

"It has all the excitement of a smart wine-tasting party - or one of those buffets where everything on the tables is lovely and quite delightfully exotic, but oh so small."--Methodist Recorder

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction, George Brooke. Part 1 Jesus - fully Jewish and more: Yeshu/Yeshua ben Yosef of Nazareth - discerning the Jewish face of Jesus, Philip Alexander; Qumran - the cradle of the Christ?, George Brooke; uncovering the corona - a theology of circumcision, Graham Ward. Part 2 Jesus, fully human and more: the birth of Jesus and why Paul was in favour of it, Barry Matlock; DNA of our DNA, Arthur Peacocke. Part 3 Jesus, more than the full story: the value of being virginal - Mary and Anna in the Lukan infancy prologue, Todd Klutz; "the story" and "our stories" -narrative theology, vernacular religion and the birth of Jesus, Elaine Graham. Part 4 Jesus, fully symbolic and more: an iconological argument, Gerald Downing; nativity and natality, Grace Jantzen.

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