Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration

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Jesus of Nazareth
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AuthorPope Benedict XVI
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CountryUnited States
LanguageGerman
SubjectsChristology
Theology
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
May 15, 2007
Media typePrint
Pages355
ISBN0-385-52341-6
OCLC166254996
Followed byJesus of Nazareth: Holy Week 
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Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration is the first of a series of books on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, written by Pope Benedict XVI, published in three volumes. It was published by Doubleday in 2007.

In the book's introduction, the pope explicitly states that the treatise is in "no way an exercise of the magisterium," but rather an "expression of his personal search for the face of the Lord."

The ten chapters cover the bulk of Jesus' public ministry, encompassing subjects and events such as Christ's baptism at the hands of John the Baptist, the Sermon on the Mount, the meaning of the parables, the Calling of the Twelve, the Confession of Peter, and the Transfiguration.

Two other volumes were published by Benedict on Jesus: they are called Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week (2011) and Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives (2012).

Reviews[]

Writing on First Things, Richard B. Hays (Duke Divinity School) praised Pope Benedict for trying to find a common point between Christology and the historical Jesus, but criticized him for relying too much on 20th century scholars (such as Joachim Jeremias, Rudolf Schnackenburg and C.H. Dodd) and for ignoring studies by more recent scholars such as E. P. Sanders, N. T. Wright, Dale Allison jr., John P. Meier and Raymond E. Brown, the last two of whom are Roman Catholics. He also notes that the Pontiff relies too much on the Gospel of John, using the Synoptic Gospels only to integrate Johannine narrative.[1]

Speaking with the National Catholic Register, Jewish scholar Géza Vermes was also critical of Benedict's book, accusing the Pope of being ignorant of the recent developments of New Testament scholarship. The Pope was defended by such accusations by Swiss Roman Catholic Cardinal Georges Cottier on the same publication.[2]

British agnostic scholar Maurice Casey was also critical toward the book: in his work Jesus of Nazareth: An Independent Historian's Account of His Life and Teaching, Casey criticized the Pope for relying too much on the Gospel of John and notes that such a book was written by a New Testament scholar, it would have attracted much less attention.[3]

In Germany, criticism also came from skeptical scholar Gerd Lüdemann,[4] while the book was praised by conservative scholar Klaus Berger.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Benedict and the Biblical Jesus | Richard B. Hays". First Things. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  2. ^ "Bible scholar rips pope's book, warns of chilling effect". National Catholic Reporter. 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  3. ^ Casey, Maurice (2010-12-30). Jesus of Nazareth: An Independent Historian's Account of His Life and Teaching. A&C Black. pp. 29–30. ISBN 978-0-567-64517-3.
  4. ^ Lüdemann, Gerd (26 April 2007). "Papst Benedikts Jesus-Buch: "Eine peinliche Entgleisung"". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-12.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233987762_Pope_Benedict's_historical_validation_of_Jesus'_incarnation

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