Life of Christ

Robert Geis

Life of Christ bridges the gap between commentaries and devotional accounts of Christ’s ministry. Applying the requisite analytical tools, it addresses the question, is His life worth studying? The Resurrection event would confirm it is, as would the Gospel miracle accounts—neither of which, Geis argues, skeptical response disproves. Salvation history necessitates the reality of Mary’s virginity, which the author develops lexically and theologically. Jesus’ teachings and parables bring out a Christ Whose moral precepts are rooted in His Divinity and not in western philosophic nostrums. Geis’ discussion of Christ on marriage and His commandment of love sharpens this observation with lexical application. He also addresses the inconsistent objectives and circular reasoning of various exegetical schools, which have no place in a study of the Gospels.

University Press of America

Pages: 434 • Trim: 6½ x 9¼

978-0-7618-6020-4 • Hardback • March 2013 • $121.00 • (£93.00)

978-0-7618-6021-1 • eBook • March 2013 • $115.00 • (£88.00)

Subjects: Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts, Religion / Biblical Commentary / New Testament / General, Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General, Religion / Christian Theology / Christology, Religion / Christianity / General

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Life of Christ bridges the gap between commentaries and devotional accounts of Christ’s ministry. Applying the requisite analytical tools, it addresses the question, is His life worth studying? The Resurrection event would confirm it is, as would the Gospel miracle accounts—neither of which, Geis argues, skeptical response disproves. Salvation history necessitates the reality of Mary’s virginity, which the author develops lexically and theologically. Jesus’ teachings and parables bring out a Christ Whose moral precepts are rooted in His Divinity and not in western philosophic nostrums. Geis’ discussion of Christ on marriage and His commandment of love sharpens this observation with lexical application. He also addresses the inconsistent objectives and circular reasoning of various exegetical schools, which have no place in a study of the Gospels.

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University Press of America

Pages: 434 • Trim: 6½ x 9¼

978-0-7618-6020-4 • Hardback • March 2013 • $121.00 • (£93.00)

978-0-7618-6021-1 • eBook • March 2013 • $115.00 • (£88.00)

Subjects: Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts, Religion / Biblical Commentary / New Testament / General, Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General, Religion / Christian Theology / Christology, Religion / Christianity / General

Author

Robert Geis has published works on the philosophy of God, scriptural exegesis, Christology, human immortality, issues of ethics, and the history of the primacy question in the Eastern and Western rite. He is a Prelate Protosyncellus in the Eastern Church.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

PREFACE
CORPUS VERUM
FROM THE BEGINNING
JERUSALEM
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST
FLIGHT
THE HIDDEN YEARS
GALILEE
THE PUBLIC MINISTRY BEGINS
CHRIST IN THE DESERT
TWELVE
MIRACLES AND SKEPTICISM
MIRACLES AND ANIMOSITIES
MIRACLES FROM FAITH AND FORGIVENESS
MIRACLES AND PRAYER
RAISING THE DEAD
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
PARABLES OF THE EARTH
PARABLES AND WEALTH
PARABLES AND FAMILY
PARABLES OF COIN AND TREASURE
PARABLES OF THE RIGHTEOUS
WHAT HE ALSO TAUGHT
PILATE AND CAIAPHAS
THE OPPOSITION GATHERS
THE LAST PASSOVER
VERDICT WITHOUT TRIAL
MURDERED ON A CROSS
RESURRECTION AND EVIDENCE
NOTES
TEXTS FROM THE CANON
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Life of Christ

Robert Geis

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