Abstract
Recent biblical scholarship has raised the question of the gap between the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith. The Jesus of history is a technical expression for Jesus of Nazareth as He was known and experienced by His contemporaries; the Christ of faith refers to the Christ of the New Testament recognized and proclaimed in faith by the early Christian communities as Lord, Messiah and Son of God. The Gospels themselves were not intended to be historical biographies; they were written to proclaim the faith of the early Christians in the risen Jesus and represent the end product of years of preaching, reflection and interpretation. Still, in spite of the 1 difficulties involved, biblical scholars have been able to move from the Christ of faith back through the levels of the Gospel tradition to the Jesus of history, using the tools of the historical critical method.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 231-234 |
| Journal | America |
| Volume | 146 |
| State | Published - Mar 27 1982 |
Disciplines
- Catholic Studies