The New Testament does not offer a systematic Christology. Many early Christian writings, however, nonetheless tell Jesus stories and develop images of Jesus Christ. Stories such as these can even be found in Paul's letters, the Book of Revelation and some Old Testament writings. The present volume presents contributions dealing with Christ Stories in various New Testament and some non-canonical Christian texts.
The New Testament writings do not offer systematic Christology in the usual sense. In a certain way, however, they present more than just one systematic Christology and tell stories about and develop images of Jesus Christ. This is implicitly the case in texts like Paul's letters or the Book of Revelation. The present volume presents contributions dealing with Christ Stories in various New Testament and some non-canonical Christian texts, and others which raise the question of whether it is possible to describe (from a distinctly Christian perspective) Christ Stories present in Old Testament writings such as Isaiah or the Psalms. Contributions written from the perspective of Orthodox scholars are to be read in dialogue with the articles from Western authors - and vice versa. The book honors two important exegetes, Bishop Dr. Irinej Bulović and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Luz.
Table of contents:
I New Testament Books
Ulrich Luz: Der »Christus« der Matthäusgeschichte -
Franz Tóth: Die inklusive Jesusgeschichte des Matthäusevangeliums zwischen Judentum und orthodoxer Kirche. Eine Response auf Ulrich Luz -
David du Toit: »Es ist nichts Geheimes, das nicht ans Licht kommen soll.« Verhüllung und Enthüllung als Erzählmotiv und als narrative Strategie im Markusevangelium -
Jens Schröter: The Story of Jesus Christ According to Luke-Acts -
Wolfgang Grünstäudl: Companions, Hairs, and Swords. Preliminary Remarks on Dys/functional Variation in Luke's Story of Christ -
Armand Puig i Tàrrech: Theological Parallels in the Infancy Narratives (Mt 1-2; Lk 1-2) -
Christos Karakolis: Is Jesus a Prophet according to the Witness of the Fourth Gospel? A Narrative-Critical Perspective -
Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr: Christ of Paul's story. Jesus Christ - Son of David and Son of God -
Theodor Stoitchev: Jesus - Mensch von oben: Eine Diskussion mit Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr -
Tobias Nicklas: Gibt es eine Christuserzählung des 2. Thessalonicherbriefes? -
Predrag Dragutinović: Μνημόνευε Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν (2Tim 2,8): Jesusgeschichte und Pauluserzählung in den Pastoralbriefen -
Susanne Luther: The Christ of James's Story -
Michael Sommer: Die Jesusgeschichte und die Identitätsgeschichte der Offenbarung
II Other Early Christian Writings
Konrad Schwarz: Der »lebendige Jesus« im Thomasevangelium -
Julia A. Snyder: Christ of the Acts of Andrew and Matthias -
Paul Foster: The Story of Christ in the Writings of Ignatius
III Old Testament Perpectives
Tobias Nicklas: Isaiah's Story about Christ? Trying to Understand Early Christian Perspectives on Isaiah 7:14 -
Erik Eynikel: Response to: Tobias Nicklas, »Isaiah's Story about Christ? Trying to Understand Early Christian Perspectives on Isa 7:14« -
Mikhael Seleznev: Christ of the Psalms' Story -
Nenad Božović: Ps 2,7-8 im Narrativ des Markusevangeliums
