Table of Contents
List of Figures viii
Notes on Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xv
Images of Jesus: An Overview 1 Delbert Burkett
Part I Jesus in the New Testament 11
1 Mark’s Portrait of Jesus 13 William R. Telford
2 Who Do You Say That I Am? A Matthean Response 30 Elaine M. Wainwright
3 Jesus in Luke-Acts 47 Delbert Burkett
4 John’s Portrait of Jesus 64 Mary L. Coloe
5 Jesus in Q 81 Christopher Tuckett
6 Paul, Jesus, and Christ 94 Edward Adams
7 Jesus in the General Epistles 111 Harold W. Attridge
8 Jesus in the Apocalypse 119 Ian Boxall
9 Constructing Images of Jesus from the Hebrew Bible 127 Warren Carter
Part II Jesus Beyond the New Testament 143
10 Ancient Apocryphal Portraits of Jesus 145 J. K. Elliott
11 Gnostic Portraits of Jesus 160 Majella Franzmann
12 The Christ of the Creeds 176 Khaled Anatolios
13 Jesus in Atonement Theories 193 Stephen Finlan
Part III Jesus in World Religions 213
14 Jewish Perspectives on Jesus 215 Michael J. Cook
15 Islamic Perspectives on Jesus 232 Reem A. Meshal and M. Reza Pirbhai
16 Hindu Perspectives on Jesus 250 Sandy Bharat
17 Buddhist Perspectives on Jesus 267 Peggy Morgan
Part IV Philosophical and Historical Perspectives on Jesus 283
18 Skeptical Perspectives on Jesus’ Resurrection 285 Michael Martin
19 The Quest for the Historical Jesus: An Overview 301 David B. Gowler
20 The “Jesus” of the Jesus Seminar 319 Robert J. Miller
21 The Quest for the Historical Jesus: An Appraisal 337 Helen K. Bond
Part V Modern Manifestations of Jesus 355
22 Modern Western Christology 357 John P. Galvin
23 Christology in Africa, Asia, and Latin America 375 Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
24 Jesus in American Culture 394 Paul Harvey
25 The Black Christ 410 Kelly Brown Douglas with Delbert Burkett
26 Feminist Christologies 427 Lisa Isherwood
27 The “Gay” Jesus 443 Theodore W. Jennings Jr.
28 Modern Mystifications of Jesus 458 Per Beskow
Part VI Jesus in Art, Fiction, and Film 475
29 Jesus in Christian Art 477 Robin M. Jensen
30 Jesus Novels: Solving Problems with Fiction 504 Zeba A. Crook
31 Jesus in Film 519 Adele Reinhartz
Index 532