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Jesus or Jesus Christ , 1st-century Jewish teacher and prophet in whom Christians have traditionally seen the Messiah [Heb.,=annointed one, whence Christ from the Greek] and whom they have characterized as Son of God and as Word or Wisdom of God incarnate. Muslims acknowledge him as a prophet, and Hindus as an avatar (see avatara ). He was born just before the death of King Herod the Great (37 BC-4 BC) and was crucified after a brief public ministry during Pontius Pilate 's term as ...

Jesus
Jesus The focus of Christian devotion; born a Palestinian Jew c .4 BCE. 1. The name . A common personal...Acts 7: 45 and Heb. 4: 8, the name appears in AV, misleadingly for modern readers, as ‘Jesus’.) Josephus mentions four high priests called Jesus, and one of Paul's fellow workers was ... Read more

Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus of Nazareth Jesus of Nazareth (ca. 4 B.C.-A.D. 29), also known as Jesus Christ, was the central personality and founder of the Christian faith. It is likely that Jesus was born not later than 4 B.C., the year of King Herod's death. Jesus' crucifixion... Read more

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	Jesus according to Scripture: Restoring the Portrait from the Gospels ; Jesus according to Scripture: Restoring the Portrait from the Gospels...presidency of the Evangelical Theological Society (2001). Jesus according to Scripture is the second in a set of at least three works on the life of Jesus and the Gospels. The first volume in this series, Studying... Read more
	Jesus and His Death: Historiography, the Historical Jesus, and Atonement Theory ; Jesus and His Death: Historiography, the Historical Jesus, and Atonement Theory. By Scot McKnight. Waco: Baylor University Press, 2005, ix + 451 pp., $59.95. In teaching courses on Jesus, I have often asked this question: "Would it matter if Jesus... Read more
	"Follow Me" The Imperious Call of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels ; Jesus displays audacious personal authority in summoning his followers...The familiar evangelical chorus, "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus"-originating among new believers in the Garo tribe of India...however, this folk song also skews key dimensions of following Jesus depicted in the gospel narratives. In ... Read more
	Jesus, A Jewish Galilean: A New Reading of the Jesus Story ; Jesus, A Jewish Galilean: A New Reading of the Jesus Story by Scan Freyne T & T Clark, London, 2004. 212 pp...WITH THIS VOLUME, SEAN FREYNE enters the fray of historical Jesus studies. He seeks to ascertain probable factors that may... Read more
	Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity.(Book Review) ; Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity. By LARRY W. HURTADO. Grand Rapids, Mich...p. 2). By devotion to Christ he means not only beliefs about Jesus, but also related devotional practices. These include addressing... Read more
	JESUS ASKS US TO ACCEPT HIS `YOKE' ; Jesus extends an amazing offer. "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me" (Matthew 11:29). The key word being "my." It is his yoke that we are invited to. Many come to Jesus with their own designs, agendas and dreams. Many want to put their yoke on Jesus. They think that Jesus is the way to accomplish ... Read more
	Jesus Is Not a Republican: The Religious Right's War on America.(Book review) ; Jesus Is Not a Republican: The Religious Right's War on America...ISBN: 1560257636, $15.95, 368 pp. The title says it all. Jesus was a hunchbacked dwarf psychopath. Republicans are much taller. According to the publisher's blurb, The historical Jesus, by most accounts, was in favor of social justice, ... Read more
	Jesus Remembered: Christianity in the Making; Volume 1 ; Jesus Remembered: Christianity in the Making; Volume 1 by James...the Christ. One could reasonably try to tell the story of Jesus and his people by starting with the man himself. Dunn, however...by insisting that we cannot do that. We cannot begin with Jesus and move forward, he argues, because the only ... Read more
	Jesus and the Origins of the Gentile Mission ; Jesus and the Origins of the Gentile Mission. By Michael F. Bird...Christianity, have its genesis in the ministry and mission of Jesus? This question provides a focus to the larger question of the relationship between the historical Jesus as a leader of a movement that remained firmly within Judaism... Read more
	Jesus and Israel's Tradition of Judgement and Restoration ; Jesus and Israel's Tradition of Judgement and Restoration. By Steven...Cambridge University Press, 2002, xv + 278 pp., $60.00. Jesus and Israel's Traditions of Judgement and Restoration is a...ground in the often asked question of the degree to which Jesus' eschatology can be considered "realized." Bryan ... Read more

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