
Jesus of Nazareth
From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration
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Don Leslie
From Jesus of Nazareth: "The great question that will be with us throughout this entire book: But what has Jesus really brought, then, if he has not brought world peace, universal prosperity, and a better world? What has he brought? The answer is very simple: God. He has brought God! He has brought the God who once gradually unveiled his countenance first to Abraham, then to Moses and the prophets, and then in the wisdom literature: the God who showed his face only in Israel, even though he was also honored among the pagans in various shadowy guises. It is this God, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the true God, whom he has brought to the peoples of the earth. He has brought God, and now we know his face, now we can call upon him. Now we know the path that we human beings have to take in this world. Jesus has brought God and with God the truth about where we are going and where we come from: faith, hope, and love."
©2007 Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Citta del Vaticano and RCS Libri S.p.A., Milan. English translation 2007 Doubleday. Translated from the German by Adrian J. Walker (P)2007 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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Jesus of Nazareth
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The rest of the book covers the period in Jesus’ ministry from the baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration in a series of thematic chapters that engage with contemporary historical critical scholarship, the Church fathers, and the whole corpus of scripture. The discoveries Benedict draws from historical critical scholarship—for instance about the use of water imagery in John or about Peter’s answer to Jesus’ question about his identity in the four Gospels are quite remarkable. While Benedict is always mild in his criticism of others, his arguments against liberal exegesis which would reduce Jesus to one great philosopher among many or a political activist or a moralist or anything short of God himself is quite strong and goes far beyond what can be found in other exegetes, like NT Wright, reputed for their opposition to 19th century liberal exegesis. Benedict shows that all of these theories which make Jesus less than the one God of Israel cannot explain the biblical text itself and the historical reality of Christianity.
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