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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780805703321

Autore

O'Collins Gerald

Titolo

Christology [[electronic resource] ] : a biblical, historical, and systematic study of Jesus / / Gerald O'Collins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford Univesity Press, 2009

ISBN

1-383-04579-8

0-19-160965-X

1-282-34650-4

9786612346507

0-19-157055-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Disciplina

232

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-361) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Some Major Challenges; 2 The Jewish Matrix; 3 The Human History; 4 The Resurrection; 5 The Son of God; 6 Lord, Saviour, God, and Spirit; 7 To the First Council of Constantinople; 8 Ephesus, Chalcedon, and Beyond; 9 Medieval and Modern Christology; 10 Divine and Human; 11 Faith, Holiness, and Virginal Conception; 12 Redeemer; 13 Universal Redeemer; 14 The Possibilities of Presence; Bibliography; Index of Names; Biblical Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this fully revised and updated second edition of his accessible account of systematic Christology, Gerald O'Collins continues to challenge the contemporary publishing trend for sensationalist books on Jesus that are supported neither by the New Testament witness nor by mainline Christian beliefs. This book critically examines the best biblical and historical scholarship before tackling head-on some of the key questions of systematic Christology: does orthodox faith present Jesus the man as deficient and depersonalized? Is his sinlessness compatible with the exercise of a free human will? Do