Synopses & Reviews
In this book Ernst Ksemann celebrated initiator of the twentieth-century New Quest of the Historical Jesus examines the problem of the relation between discipleship and faith. / Ksemann first tackles specific passages in the Synoptic Gospels dealing with the summons to discipleship. He makes clear the relevance of the biblical message to human existence even today. In the second half he explores how themes relating to specific contemporary problems fulfill that message. / Here is a theologian who is radically and passionately committed to discipleship of the crucified Jesus of Nazareth and who is not afraid to share that commitment.
Synopsis
Translated from the German: In der Nachfolge des gekreuzigten Nazareners : Aufsätze und Vorträge aus dem Nachlass. Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2005.
Synopsis
Ernst Ksemann - celebrated initiator of the twentieth-century "new quest of the historical Jesus" - here talks about discipleship, faith, and the worldwide lordship of Christ. Consisting of twenty-eight previously untranslated lectures and sermons delivered between 1975 and 1996, this book shows a side of Ksemann not so clearly seen in his more famous theological works.
Table of Contents
Beginning of the gospel : the message of the kingdom of God -- The righteousness of God in Paul -- Evangelical truth amid radical change in Christian theology -- Corporeality in Paul -- Justification and freedom -- The theological relevance of the word "possession" in the New Testament -- Galatians 1:1-2:10 : the freedom of the apostle -- Galatians 2:11-21 : law and gospel -- Galatians 3:1-9, 26-29 : children of the Spirit -- God's image and sinners -- The Sermon on the Mount--a private affair? -- The gospel and the devout -- The fourth beatitude (Matthew 5:6) -- What "to believe" means in the evangelical sense -- The Reformation heritage today -- The righteousness of God in an unrighteous world -- Healing the possessed -- The one and the many -- God's "yes" to all -- Justice for the unjust -- What does 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 mean by "solidarity"? -- Sacrifice and accommodation -- "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." What is due in the church? -- Freeing the prisoners (Ephesians 4:7-10) -- National church and body of Christ -- Prophetic task and national church ("Volkskirche") -- Divine and civic righteousness -- Mark 1:16-20 : on discipleship of the coming one.