Aarde, Andries Van.

Jesus, Paul and Matthew - Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, (c)2020. - 1 online resource (423 pages)

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Includes bibliographies and index.

This book is the second of two volumes which reflect on the trend in biblical scholarship that contrasts the vision of the historical Jesus with that of the apostle Paul, on the one hand, and the vision of Paul with that of the evangelist Matthew, on the other. It argues that Jesus replaced the concept of 'politics of holiness' with that of 'politics of compassion'. This means that the church as a community of Jesus-followers forms a fictive family, replacing a soteriology grounded in the biological family. God's adoption of people as 'God's children' is based on the potential of people to abs.



9781527549593


Jesus Christ--Teachings.
Paul, the Apostle, Saint.
Matthew, the Apostle, Saint.


Kingdom of God.


Electronic Books.

BS2415 / .J478 2020