Jesus in the Gospels: A Biblical Christology

According to Rudolf Schnackenburg, a truly historical portrait of Jesus is unattainable because the primary sources written about Jesus were not historical records as such. What is attainable, however, is a faith interpretation of Jesus' life and works, gleaned from the writings of those closest to the life of Christ: the four Gospels. Schnackenburg here provides a full faith interpretation of Jesus as each Gospel community portrayed him. Numerous commonalities about Jesus among these Gospels are revealed, and a fully recognizable portrait of Jesus emerges. "In Jesus in the Gospels Rudlof Schnackenburg presents the full harvest of his life's work: a study of the picture of Jesus presented by each of the evangelists, a study that does justice to the diversity of the Gospel portraits of Jesus while grasping the underlying unity of their presentations. Christians of all demoninations can only rejoice that this monument of mature scholarship is now available in English." -- John P. Meier, Professor of New Testament, The Catholic University of America