What, if anything, does Jesus of Nazareth have to do with philosophy? This question motivates this collection of essays from leading theologians, philosophers, and biblical scholars. Part I portrays Jesus in his first-century intellectual and historical context, attending to intellectual influences and contributions and contemporaneous similar patterns of thought. Part II examines how Jesus influenced two of the most prominent medieval philosophers. It considers the seeming conceptual shift from Hebraic categories of thought to distinctively Greco-Roman ones in later Christian philosophers. Part III considers the significance of Jesus for some prominent contemporary philosophical topics, including epistemology and the meaning of life. The focus is not so much on how 'Christianity' figures in such topics as on how Jesus makes distinctive contributions to them.
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"...all the essays are valuable reading for philosophers, theologians, and biblical scholars. Recommended." --Choice
Book Description
What, if anything, does Jesus have to do with philosophy? This collection of essays examines this question in three parts: Jesus in his first-century context, in medieval philosophy, and in contemporary philosophy.

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PAUL K. MOSER (edt)

Moser, Paul K.

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Cambridge, 2009

1, 2008

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Half-title 3
Title 5
Copyright 6
Contents 7
Preface 9
Contributors 11
Introduction: Jesus and Philosophy 13
1. From athens to jerusalem 13
2. Good news for philosophy 18
3. Philosophy as a kerygmatic discipline 25
4. The selections 30
PART ONE JESUS IN HIS FIRST-CENTURY THOUGHT CONTEXT 37
1 Jesus: Sources and Self-Understanding 39
Sources for the study of the historical jesus 39
Jesus's self-understanding 45
Conclusion 51
2 Sipping from the Cup of Wisdom 53
I. Made in the image of god 54
II. Questioning the principle of similarity 63
III. A cloud of unknowing 67
IV. Similarity restored? 72
3 The Jesus of the Gospels and Philosophy 75
The historical jesus as sage 75
The narrative jesus as moral exemplar 80
The narrative jesus as revealing god 86
Jesus and narrative ontology 91
Conclusion 94
4 Paul, the Mind of Christ, and Philosophy 96
I. Jesus, paul, philosophy 96
II. Paul's relationship to jesus 99
III. How does paul come to know christ? 101
IV. Paul on the human knowledge of god 103
a. Natural Knowledge of God in Romans 1–2 103
b. Excursus: Paul's Practice according to Acts 105
c. Cognitive Limitations in 1 Corinthians 1–4 106
V. The mind of paul, the mind of christ, and philosophical practice 109
a. Paul on the Mind of Christ: Christlike Philosophizing 111
b. The Mind of Paul: Philosophy as Reflection on the Mind of Christ 113
PART TWO JESUS IN MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY 119
5 Jesus and Augustine 121
Bibliography 135
6 Jesus and Aquinas 136
Philosophy seeks, christ provides 137
An argument for authority 141
Christianity in philosophical practice 142
Drawing the philosophers along 144
Aquinas on singular reference 149
Divine singular reference 151
PART THREE JESUS IN CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY 159
7 The Epistemology of Jesus: An Initial Investigation 161
8 Paul Ricoeur: A Biblical Philosopher on Jesus 181
Ricoeur and john 1:1–18 182
Ricoeur and barth 189
Ricoeur on jesus: three highlights 196
Reading the Parables of Jesus 197
The Christomorphic Self 198
The End of the Prologue 201
The contemporary christian thinker as rational biblical philosopher 202
Conclusion: lessons for twenty-first century philosophers 204
9 Jesus and Forgiveness 206
I 206
II 208
III 210
IV 215
V 218
VI 219
VII 220
VIII 222
IX 225
10 Jesus Christ and the Meaning of Life 227
Questioning life's meaning 228
The meaning of christian life 232
Jesus christ's meaning 238
Index 243

"What, if anything, does Jesus of Nazareth have to do with philosophy? This question motivates this collection of new essays from leading theologians, philosophers, and biblical scholars. Part I portrays Jesus in his first-century intellectual and historical context, attending to intellectual influences and contributions and contemporaneous similar patterns of thought. Part II examines how Jesus influenced two ofthe most prominent medieval philosophers. It considers the seeming conceptual shift from Hebraic categories of thought to distinctively Greco-Roman ones in later Christian philosophers. Part III considers the significance of Jesus for some prominent contemporary philosophical topics, including epistemology and the meaning of life. The focus is not so much on how Christianity figures in such topics as on how Jesus makes distinctive contributions to such topics."--Jacket

Introduction: Jesus and philosophy / Paul K. Moser
Jesus in his 1st-century thought context
Jesus : sources and self-understanding / Craig A. Evans
Sipping from the cup of wisdom / James L. Crenshaw
The Jesus of the Gospels and philosophy / Luke T. Johnson
Paul, the mind of Christ, and philosophy / Paul W. Gooch
Jesus in medieval philosophy
Jesus and Augustine / Gareth B. Matthews
Jesus and Aquinas / Brian Leftow
Jesus in contemporary philosophy
The epistemology of Jesus : an initial investigation / William J. Abraham
Paul Ricoeur : a biblical philosopher on Jesus / David F. Ford
Jesus and forgiveness / Nicholas Wolterstorff
Jesus Christ and the meaning of life / Charles Taliaferro.

<p><P>This book considers Jesus' contribution and significance to philosophy in historical and intellectual contexts.</p>

2025-10-27