Portraits of Jesus - Softcover

Imperato, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761869859 ISBN 13: 9780761869856

Publisher: Hamilton Books, 2017

Synopsis

This is an introductory guide to the ways Jesus is depicted in the New Testament. Both college students and the general reader will find here a variety of New Testament understandings of Jesus that are rooted in critical reading of the four Gospels and Pauline letters. The authors of the four Gospels show considerable freedom in their handling of the words and deeds associated with Jesus. New Testament authors are not so much news reporters as promoters of Christian living. They shape their material to highlight who Jesus is and how to live according to his teaching and example. This work presumes neither religious faith nor lack of faith; its aim is to inform and to stimulate some fundamental questions as well as to give the readers portraits as synthetic balance to the vital work of analysis. At best this book should be read with a copy of the New Testament at hand to answer questions and to challenge the assertions of reader and author.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"I do believe that the kind of New Testament survey material that Dr. Imperato has prepared can stimulate the interest of newcomers to the field, especially college undergraduates and others who have a cultural connection to the Bible but very slender acquaintance with it.... Dr. Imperato's sketches are properly dedicated to...reading assistance, not to furnishing "cliff notes" in place of the Bible. This is why I think his work can be of considerable educational value."--The Rev. Dr. Richard J. Dillon, Senior Professor of Theology (New Testament), Fordham University.

About the Author:

Robert Imperato, Ph.D. is professor of religion at Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, Florida. His other books are Christian Footings, Early and Medieval Christian Spirituality, and Merton and Walsh on the Person.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hamilton Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0761869859
• ISBN 13: 9780761869856
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 68