Birth of Jesus Biblical and Theological

What is the significance of the birth of Jesus for us today? In this book some of the sharpest and most discerning New Testament scholars offer their frank assessment. Philip Alexander, Gerald Downing, Elaine Graham, Grace Jantzen, Todd Klutz, Barry Matlock, Arthur Peacocke, and Graham Ward consider issues ranging from Jesus' circumcision and his DNA, to the power of the nativity stories and their symbolic efficacy.

Acknowledgements

ix

Contributors

xi

Introduction

1

(8)

George J. Brooke

I. JESUS: FULLY JEWISH AND MORE

Yeshu/Yeshua ben Yosef of Nazareth: Discerning the Jewish Face of Jesus

9

(14)

Philip S. Alexander

Qumran: The Cradle of the Christ?

23

(12)

George J. Brooke

Uncovering the Corona: A Theology of Circumcision

35

(12)

Graham Ward

II. JESUS: FULLY HUMAN AND MORE

The Birth of Jesus and Why Paul Was in Favour of It

47

(12)

R. Barry Matlock

DNA of Our DNA

59

(12)

Arthur Peacocke

III. JESUS: MORE THAN THE FULL STORY

The Value of Being Virginal: Mary and Anna in the Lukan Infancy Prologue

71

(18)

Todd Klutz

`The Story' and `our stories': Narrative Theology, Vernacular Religion and the Birth of Jesus

89

(12)

Elaine Graham

IV. JESUS: FULLY SYMBOLIC AND MORE

An Iconological Argument

101

(10)

F. Gerald Downing

Nativity and Natality

111

(12)

Grace M. Jantzen

Notes

123

(12)

Indexes

References

135

(4)

Names

139

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Birth of Jesus Biblical and Theological Reflections

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