Delbert Burkett is Professor of Religious Studies at Louisiana State University. He is the author of The Son of Man Debate: A History and Evaluation (1999), An Introduction to the New Testament and Origins of Christianity (2002), and Rethinking the Gospel Sources: From Proto-Mark to Mark (2004).

“This Companion will be a necessary part of any serious theological library. The essays are consistently strong and present invaluable orientations to their assigned topic. The real success of this book lies in bringing together perspectives on Jesus from so many sources of attention: texts, culture, history, various theologies, worldwide Christianity, world religions and media. Strongly recommended.” (Journal for the Study of The New Testament, 2012) “This is another excellent contribution to religious scholarship by Wiley-Blackwell. Chapters are scholarly but readable for the more general enquirer and some have illustrations, an unusual feature for this series of books. This volume is highly recommended for any library that has strong religious collections, whether Christian or not, and should endure for some years as a standard work in the field.” (Reference Reviews, 2011) “No collection of essays better represents the remarkable diversity in the approaches to the elusive Jesus of Nazareth ... Recommended: upper-level undergraduates and above.” (Choice, 1 May 2011) “Burkett has assembled an extraordinary collection of essays that invites a wide readership.” (Books News, 2011) “An imaginative collection of essays ... No fewer than 32 authors … have been recruited to write essays, all about 15 pages in length, and there is hardly any overlap among them, even in dealing with basic New Testament texts. The editor, Delburt Burkett, is to be commended.” (The Journal of Theological Studies, 2011)

• List of Figures viiiNotes on Contributors ixAcknowledgments xvImages of Jesus: An Overview 1Delbert BurkettPart I Jesus in the New Testament 111 Mark’s Portrait of Jesus 13William R. Telford2 Who Do You Say That I Am? A Matthean Response 30Elaine M. Wainwright3 Jesus in Luke-Acts 47Delbert Burkett4 John’s Portrait of Jesus 64Mary L. Coloe5 Jesus in Q 81Christopher Tuckett6 Paul, Jesus, and Christ 94Edward Adams7 Jesus in the General Epistles 111Harold W. Attridge8 Jesus in the Apocalypse 119Ian Boxall9 Constructing Images of Jesus from the Hebrew Bible 127Warren CarterPart II Jesus Beyond the New Testament 14310 Ancient Apocryphal Portraits of Jesus 145J. K. Elliott11 Gnostic Portraits of Jesus 160Majella Franzmann12 The Christ of the Creeds 176Khaled Anatolios13 Jesus in Atonement Theories 193Stephen FinlanPart III Jesus in World Religions 21314 Jewish Perspectives on Jesus 215Michael J. Cook15 Islamic Perspectives on Jesus 232Reem A. Meshal and M. Reza Pirbhai16 Hindu Perspectives on Jesus 250Sandy Bharat17 Buddhist Perspectives on Jesus 267Peggy MorganPart IV Philosophical and Historical Perspectives on Jesus 28318 Skeptical Perspectives on Jesus’ Resurrection 285Michael Martin19 The Quest for the Historical Jesus: An Overview 301David B. Gowler20 The “Jesus” of the Jesus Seminar 319Robert J. Miller21 The Quest for the Historical Jesus: An Appraisal 337Helen K. BondPart V Modern Manifestations of Jesus 35522 Modern Western Christology 357John P. Galvin23 Christology in Africa, Asia, and Latin America 375Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen24 Jesus in American Culture 394Paul Harvey25 The Black Christ 410Kelly Brown Douglas with Delbert Burkett26 Feminist Christologies 427Lisa Isherwood27 The “Gay” Jesus 443Theodore W. Jennings Jr.28 Modern Mystifications of Jesus 458Per BeskowPart VI Jesus in Art, Fiction, and Film 47529 Jesus in Christian Art 477Robin M. Jensen30 Jesus Novels: Solving Problems with Fiction 504Zeba A. Crook31 Jesus in Film 519Adele ReinhartzIndex 532

Delbert Burkett is Professor of Religious Studies at Louisiana State University. He is the author of The Son of Man Debate: A History and Evaluation (1999), An Introduction to the New Testament and Origins of Christianity (2002), and Rethinking the Gospel Sources: From Proto-Mark to Mark (2004).

“This Companion will be a necessary part of any serious theological library. The essays are consistently strong and present invaluable orientations to their assigned topic. The real success of this book lies in bringing together perspectives on Jesus from so many sources of attention: texts, culture, history, various theologies, worldwide Christianity, world religions and media. Strongly recommended.” (Journal for the Study of The New Testament, 2012) “This is another excellent contribution to religious scholarship by Wiley-Blackwell. Chapters are scholarly but readable for the more general enquirer and some have illustrations, an unusual feature for this series of books. This volume is highly recommended for any library that has strong religious collections, whether Christian or not, and should endure for some years as a standard work in the field.” (Reference Reviews, 2011) “No collection of essays better represents the remarkable diversity in the approaches to the elusive Jesus of Nazareth ... Recommended: upper-level undergraduates and above.” (Choice, 1 May 2011) “Burkett has assembled an extraordinary collection of essays that invites a wide readership.” (Books News, 2011) “An imaginative collection of essays ... No fewer than 32 authors … have been recruited to write essays, all about 15 pages in length, and there is hardly any overlap among them, even in dealing with basic New Testament texts. The editor, Delburt Burkett, is to be commended.” (The Journal of Theological Studies, 2011)

• List of Figures viiiNotes on Contributors ixAcknowledgments xvImages of Jesus: An Overview 1Delbert BurkettPart I Jesus in the New Testament 111 Mark’s Portrait of Jesus 13William R. Telford2 Who Do You Say That I Am? A Matthean Response 30Elaine M. Wainwright3 Jesus in Luke-Acts 47Delbert Burkett4 John’s Portrait of Jesus 64Mary L. Coloe5 Jesus in Q 81Christopher Tuckett6 Paul, Jesus, and Christ 94Edward Adams7 Jesus in the General Epistles 111Harold W. Attridge8 Jesus in the Apocalypse 119Ian Boxall9 Constructing Images of Jesus from the Hebrew Bible 127Warren CarterPart II Jesus Beyond the New Testament 14310 Ancient Apocryphal Portraits of Jesus 145J. K. Elliott11 Gnostic Portraits of Jesus 160Majella Franzmann12 The Christ of the Creeds 176Khaled Anatolios13 Jesus in Atonement Theories 193Stephen FinlanPart III Jesus in World Religions 21314 Jewish Perspectives on Jesus 215Michael J. Cook15 Islamic Perspectives on Jesus 232Reem A. Meshal and M. Reza Pirbhai16 Hindu Perspectives on Jesus 250Sandy Bharat17 Buddhist Perspectives on Jesus 267Peggy MorganPart IV Philosophical and Historical Perspectives on Jesus 28318 Skeptical Perspectives on Jesus’ Resurrection 285Michael Martin19 The Quest for the Historical Jesus: An Overview 301David B. Gowler20 The “Jesus” of the Jesus Seminar 319Robert J. Miller21 The Quest for the Historical Jesus: An Appraisal 337Helen K. BondPart V Modern Manifestations of Jesus 35522 Modern Western Christology 357John P. Galvin23 Christology in Africa, Asia, and Latin America 375Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen24 Jesus in American Culture 394Paul Harvey25 The Black Christ 410Kelly Brown Douglas with Delbert Burkett26 Feminist Christologies 427Lisa Isherwood27 The “Gay” Jesus 443Theodore W. Jennings Jr.28 Modern Mystifications of Jesus 458Per BeskowPart VI Jesus in Art, Fiction, and Film 47529 Jesus in Christian Art 477Robin M. Jensen30 Jesus Novels: Solving Problems with Fiction 504Zeba A. Crook31 Jesus in Film 519Adele ReinhartzIndex 532