Preface |
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PART ONE - THE NEW TESTAMENT |
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Introduction to Part One |
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- Jewish Hellenistic and Gentile Hellenistic Christological Approaches |
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- Influence of Oriental Cults and Myths |
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Chapter One: TEXTS REFLECTING EARLY PALESTINIAN CHRISTOLOGY |
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a) Jesus as Servant and Prophet like Moses in the Kerygma |
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b) Jesus as the Son of Man |
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c) Texts Connected with Other Early Palestinian Titles |
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Chapter Two: CHRISTOLOGICAL TEXTS FROM "Q" |
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- Introducing "Q" |
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- Baptize with Fire (Lk 3:16; Mt 3:11) |
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- "If you are the Son of God" (Lk 4:3, 9; Mt 4:3.6) |
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- Calling Jesus "Lord, Lord" (Lk 6:46; Mt 7:21f) |
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- John and Jesus (Lk 7:18-35; Mt 11:2-19) |
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- Following the Son of Man (Lk 9:58: Mt 8:20) |
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- Christology of Superiority: Jonah and Solomon (Lk 11:29-32; Mt 12:39-41) |
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- The Future Son of Man (Lk 12:8; Mt 10:32) |
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- Christological Traits in Q |
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Chapter Three: CHRIST IN THE MARKAN TRADITION |
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- The Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God (Mk 1:1) |
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- The Father's Beloved Son (Mk 1:11) |
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- "The Holy One of God" (Mk 1:24) |
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- Jesus as Bridegroom (Mk 2:19-20) |
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- "You Are the Son of God" (Mk 3:11) |
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- "The Stronger One" (Mk 3:27) |
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- "Who then is This One?" (Mk 4:41) |
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- "Who do men say that I am?" (Mk 8:27) |
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- "The Son of Man Must Suffer" (Mk 8:31) |
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- The Rebuke of Peter (Mk 8:32-33) |
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- "Listen to Him" (Mk 9:7) |
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- The Ransom Saying (Mk 10:45) |
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- "Son of David" (Mk 10:47) |
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- "Nor the Son" (Mk 13:32) |
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- Truly the Son of God (Mk 15:39) |
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- Conclusion |
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Chapter Four: THE PRE-EXISTENCE OF CHRIST AND HIS SELF-UNDERSTANDING |
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a) Christ Pre-existent |
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- "First-Born of All Creation" |
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- Pre-existent Son of God |
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- The Son Who Was Sent |
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- The Elthon-Sayings |
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- A Pre-existent Jesus? |
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b) Jesus' Self-Understanding |
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- Four Sayings in Mark |
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- Son of the Father |
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- The Hymn of Jubilation and Other Texts |
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- Conclusion |
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Chapter Five: CHRISTOLOGY IN THE LUCAN WRITINGS |
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- He Will Be Called "Son of God" (Lk 1:35) |
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- "A Savior, Who Is Christ Lord" (Lk 2:11) |
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- "I Must Be in my Father's House" (Lk 2:49) |
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- "No Prophet is Acceptable in His Own Country" (Lk 4:24) |
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- Again Jesus as Prophet (Lk 9:51; 11:29-32) |
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- Departure from Galilee (Lk 13:33) |
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- "The Lord Has Need of it" (Lk 19:31) |
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- "Blessed Is the King" (Lk 19:38) |
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- Three Titles in Lk 22:67-70 |
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- "Made Lord and Christ" (Ac 2:36) |
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- "The Church of God" (Ac 20:28) |
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- Conclusion |
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Chapter Six: DISTINCTIVE CHRISTOLOGICAL TRAITS IN MATTHEW |
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- The Son of David, the Son of Abraham (1:1) |
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- "Who is Called Christ" (1:16) |
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- "Out of Egypt I have called my Son" (2:15) |
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- "Truly You Are the Son of God" (14:33) |
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- The Son of Man with His Angels (16:27) |
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- Judging, as a Shepherd (25:32) |
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- Conclusion |
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Chapter Seven: THE EARLY CHRISTOLOGICAL HYMNS |
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- From Kenosis to Lordship (Ph 2:6-11) |
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- Preacher to the Spirits (1 P 3:18-22) |
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- Taken up in Glory (1 Tm 3:16) |
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- Head of the Cosmos (Col 1:15-20) |
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- The Logos Incarnate (Jn 1:1-18) |
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- Conclusion |
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Chapter Eight: THE CHRISTOLOGY OF PAUL |
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a) Texts from the Archaic Level (51 A.D.) |
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- "Wait for His Son from Heaven" (1 Th 1:10) |
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- "At the Coming of our Lord Jesus" (1 Th 3:13) |
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- A Messianic Kingdom (1 Cor 15:24)? |
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b) Early Level Pauline Texts (57/58 A.D.) |
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- "Established Son of God" (Rm 1:4) |
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- Christ Called "God" (Rm 9:5) |
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- One God-One Lord (1 Cor 8:6) |
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- The Last Adam (1 Cor 15:45) |
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- The Lord is the Spirit" (2 Cor 3:17) |
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c) Texts of a Later Level (61-63 A.D.) |
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- In Him the Fullness of Deity Dwells Bodily (Col 2:9) |
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- "Recapitulate all things in Christ" (Ep 1:10) |
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- Conclusion |
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Chapter Nine: HEBREWS. FIRST PETER, AND THE PASTORAL EPISTLES |
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- God Has Spoken to Us by a Son (Heb 1:2) |
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- "Pioneer of their Salvation" (Heb 2:10) |
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- "So also the Christ... (Heb 5:5). |
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- "Proclaimed High Priest (Heb 5:9) |
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- The Chief Shepherd (1 P 5:4) |
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- "Our Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Tm 1:10) |
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- "Our Great God and Savior Christ Jesus (Tt 2:13) |
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- Conclusion |
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Chapter Ten: THE FOURTH GOSPEL AND THE JOHANNINE LETTERS |
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- "Behold, the Lamb of God" (Jn 1:29) |
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- "Savior of the World" (Jn 4:42) |
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- The Son as Judge (Jn 5:27) |
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- "The Holy One of God" (Jn 6:69) |
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- Anthropos (Jn 8:40) |
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- Ego Eimi Sayings |
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- Fellowship with God and Christ ( 1 Jn 1:3) |
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- A Paraclete, Jesus Christ (1 Jn 2:1) |
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- An Hilasmos for our Sins (1 Jn 2:2) |
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- "The Son of the Father" (2 Jn 3) |
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- Conclusion |
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Chapter Eleven: THE CHRIST OF THE APOCALYPSE |
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- Like a Son of Man (1:13) |
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- The Key of David (3:7) |
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- The Amen (3:14) |
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- The Redeeming and Conquering Lamb (17:14) |
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- The Christ of Revelation |
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PART TWO-THE LATER DEVELOPMENTS |
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Chapter Twelve: SOME EARLY CHRISTIAN WRITINGS |
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- Jewish Christian Christology |
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- The Epistle of Clement of Rome |
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- Ignatius of Antioch |
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- Justin Martyr |
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- Melito of Sardis |
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- Irenaeus of Lyons |
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- Tertullian and Other Early Christian Writers |
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- Three Church Councils |
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- Conclusion |
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Chapter Thirteen: TOWARDS THE DEFINITION OF CHALCEDON |
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- The Cappadocian Contribution |
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- Contribution from the West |
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- Reconciling Divergent Views |
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- The Council of Chalcedon |
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- Conclusion |
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Chapter Fourteen: NEW ISSUES IN CHRISTOLOGY |
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- The Limitations of Classical Christology |
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- Bonhoeffer and Chalcedon |
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- Abandoning Chalcedon (Schoonenberg, Hulsbosch, Schillebeeckx) |
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- Christ the Liberator (Liberation Christology) |
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- The Myth of God Incarnate |
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- The Cosmic Christ (Teilhard de Chardin) |
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- A Dogmatic Viewpoint (Karl Rahner) |
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- Concluding Remarks |
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BOOKNOTES |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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SCRIPTURE INDEX |
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SUBJECT INDEX |
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