Review of "Jesus of Nazareth"

Review by John Allen:

Intellectually, the aim of Jesus of Nazareth is, in the first place, to defend the reliability of the gospel accounts; and secondly, to argue that that gospels present Christ as God Himself, not as a prophet or moral reformer. Over and over, the pope uses phrases such as "implicit Christology," "hidden Christology," and "indirect Christology," to argue that even where the gospel accounts don't draw out the theological consequences of stories and sayings of Jesus, their message is nonetheless discernible..........(to finish this long review, go to: http://ncrcafe.org/node/1056)

Those interested in being involved in a book study of this book, contact Tim at mccormickt@macomb.edu. "Jesus of Nazareth" will arrive in bookstores on May 15.