The Earliest Perceptions of Jesus in Context: Essays in Honor of John Nolland

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This volume contributes to the study of the identity of Jesus, focusing on how he was originally perceived both by his contemporaries and in the earliest Christian writings. The essays include studies of methodology, archaeology, background, individual gospel perspectives, gospel relationships, intertextuality in the gospels, the earliest reception of the Jesus tradition in the post-Easter writings of the New Testament, and the missiological and pedagogical implications of Jesus' teaching. John Nolland is the reason for this volume, and his important writings on the gospels are its backdrop. The contributors, who include N.T. Wright, Craig Evans, Darrell Bock, Rainer Riesner and Roland Deines, pay tribute to Nolland's work and ideas, by drawing on his writings, and by exploring questions and issues close to his heart.

David Wenham iis Associate Lecturer at Trinity College Bristol, UK and Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, UK. Aaron White is Associate Pastor at Faith Presbyterian Church (EPC) USA. Craig Evans is John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Baptist University, USA

This book belongs in all theological studies libraries. It would be well-suited for upperlevel college or graduate-level classrooms where a professor wishes to expose students to a range of issues, methods, and styles encountered in contemporary New Testament studies, especially of the Gospels. The essays are all of excellent quality, and as befits a tribute to John Nolland, the book as a whole manages not only to inform and instruct but also to edify. * Presbyterion: Covenant Seminary Review * The essays are a pleasure to read, providing concise and cogent argumentation for clearly stated theses. * European Journal of Theology *