From Jesus to John: Essays on Jesus and New Testament Christology in Honour of Marinus de Jonge

Marinus de Jonge was Professor of New Testament and Early Christian Literature at Leiden from 1966 to 1991. A former president of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, the International Society of New Testament scholars, he is best known for his work on the 'Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs' and on the Gospel and Epistles of John. More recently his work on Jesus and early Christology has received critical acclaim: 'Christology in Context. The Earliest Christian Response to Jesus' (1988) and 'Jesus: The Servant-Messiah' (1991). This volume of essays in his honour from a team of international scholars and admirers (from Holland, Great Britain, the United States, Norway and Germany) recognizes his singular and provocative contributions to our understanding of Jesus and New Testament Christology. The essays cover such topics as Jesus' self-understanding, the christological ascriptions of his earliest disciples and followers, the background to New Testament Christology in Judaism, the Christology of Paul, and the Christology of the Gospels, especially John. Together these essays constitute a significant contribution to the discussion about Jesus and the Christology of the earliest Christians.

• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• List of Contributors
• The Historical Jesus View of Himself and of his Mission - H.J. De Jonge
• Asking Back to Jesus Identity - Wayne A. Meeks
• Marinus De Jonge's Shaffer lectures: Where Does Jesus Research now Stand? - Dieter Lürhmann
• The Son Of God Text from Qumran - John J. Collins
• 4QTestament of Levi(d)? and the Messianic Servant High Priest - George J. Brooke
• The Traditional-Historical Background of Romans 3:25: A Search for Pagan and Jewish Parallels - Jan Willem van Henten
• On Hearing the Gospel both in the Silence of the Tradition and in its Eloquence - J. Louis Martyn
• How Controversial was Pauls Christology? - James D.G. Dunn
• Xpiaxog in 1 Corinthians 10:4-9 - E. Earle Ellis
• The Christologies and Anthropologies of Paul LukeActs and Marcion - J. Chrishaan Beker
• The Two Parousias of Christ: Justin Martyr and Matthew - Graham H. Staunton
• The Son of Man in Q - Christopher M. Tuckett
• Beginning with Moses and from all the Prophets - Morna D. Hooker
• The Anointed One in Nazareth - David R. Catchpole
• Historical Issues and the Problem of John and the Synoptics - D. Moody Smith
• John 6: Tradition Interpretation and Composition - Peder Borgen
• The Christology of the Fourth Gospel: A Survey of Recent Research - Maarten J.J. Menken
• Toward the Renewal of New Testament Christology - Leander E. Kerk
• Index of References
• Index of Authors