The enormous effort by scholars to study the historical Jesus --
now an academic industry in itself -- has made Jesus both more
accessible and more distant. Recent research into Jesus' social and
cultural context has helped to illuminate his life, yet it also
often sets him apart from modern life as well as from the portrait
of Jesus affirmed by church tradition. In "Familiar Stranger
Michael McClymond summarizes current scholarship on Jesus and
offers a clear, comprehensive, and compelling report on our
knowledge about him here at the start of the twenty-first century.
After introducing the history of Jesus research and reviewing
the sources and methods used for study, McClymond examines the
issues raised by present attempts to piece together the features of
Jesus' life. He looks at the first-century Palestinian world and
the place of John the Baptist as forerunner to Jesus' ministry. In
the main body of the book, McClymond examines what we know with
fair certainty about Jesus' teachings, his public ministry, and the
events of his death. The book concludes with a chapter on
theological themes and a critical reflection on contemporary images
of Jesus.
Comprehensive yet concise, balanced and fairminded, and
sensitive at once to the academic nature of Jesus studies and to
the place of learning in genuine faith, McClymond's "Familiar
Stranger will instruct and encourage reflection in settings as
diverse as university classrooms, seminaries, and church-based
study groups.
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