Product Description: Based on de Jonge's 1989 Shaffer Lectures at the Yale Divinity School, this book explores afresh the question of the historical Jesus, focusing on Jesus' own views of his relationship to God and the nature of his mission. It makes the case that there was considerable continuity between the disciples' reaction to Jesus' message, death and the resurrection and the post-resurrection proclamation by early Christions of salvation through Jesus...read more

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Product Description: This volume gives extracts from and introductions to twelve writings dealing with prominent Old Testament figures. The writings tell what happened to them, what God revealed to them and try to bring home to their readers what can be learned from their example...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)