The Blackwell Companion to Jesus (Blackwell Companions to Religion)
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Overview
The Blackwell Companion to Jesus features a comprehensive collection of essays that explore the diverse ways in which Jesus has been imagined or portrayed from the beginnings of Christianity to the present day.
- Explores the diverse ways in which Jesus has been portrayed.
- Examines both Christian and non-Christian perspectives on Jesus.
- Represents the remarkable diversity in the approaches to the elusive Jesus.
This Companion will be a necessary part of any serious theological library. The essays are consistently strong and present invaluable orientations to their assigned topic. The real success of this book lies in bringing together perspectives on Jesus from so many sources of attention: texts, culture, history, various theologies, worldwide Christianity, world religions and media. Strongly recommended.
--Journal for the Study of The New Testament, 2012
This is another excellent contribution to religious scholarship by Wiley-Blackwell. Chapters are scholarly but readable for the more general enquirer and some have illustrations, an unusual feature for this series of books. This volume is highly recommended for any library that has strong religious collections, whether Christian or not, and should endure for some years as a standard work in the field.
--Reference Reviews, 2011
No collection of essays better represents the remarkable diversity in the approaches to the elusive Jesus of Nazareth... Recommended: upper-level undergraduates and above.
--Choice, 1 May 2011