This outstanding collection of essays on Christology is in honour of Professor Petr Pokorný on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Part 1 deals with Pauline Christology and includes essays by K.P. Donfried (the nature of Paul's Jewishness), R. Hoppe (the Corinthian controversy), L. Tichý (Paul's "mysticism"), J. Schröter (the controversy in Galatians), S.E. Porter (the Dionysian background of Ephesians) and L. J. Kreitzer (the contribution of archaeological evidence when interpreting Colossians, Philemon and Ephesians).
Part 2 is devoted to the Christological problems in the synoptic traditions and includes contributions by M. Myllikoski (the relationship between the oral aspect and the written text in Mark), D.C. Allison (the problem of the hell in Jesus' message), D. Dormeyer (the hellenistic background for the notion of ascension), M. Hengel (the evidence about Jesus outside the Gospels), H. Klein (the Christology of the birth narrative in Matthew), W. Schrage (the Christology of the Sermon on the Mount).
Part 3 examines Johannine Christology and includes essays by J. Bolyki (patterns of ancient drama in John), H Hübner (the question of truth in Heidegger and in John), J.H. Charlesworth (the possible influence of the Enoch traditions on the Johannine concept of the Son of Man), S. Pisarek (the motif of vine) and K. Syreeni (incarnation in the Farewell Discourse).
The last part relates issues of christology to the church, both of old and of today and includes essays from J.M. Court, P. Ellingworth and Z. Sázava.
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Pokorny's interests in early Christianity were wide ranging, and this collection of essays aptly reflects that. The first collection of essays deals with Paul-what kind of Jew Paul was (K. P. Donfried), the controversy at Corinth (R. Hoppe), Paul's Christology (L. Tichy; J. Schröter), the Dionysian background of Ephesians (S. E. Porter), and the earthquake imagery in Paul's writings (L. J. Kreitzer). Six essays are collected under "Jesus in the Synoptic Traditions" and deal with orality in Mark (M. Myllykoski), Jesus and Gehenna (D. C. Allison, Jr.), apotheosis in Luke 24 and Acts 1 (D. Dormeyer), the Christology of Matt 1:8-25 (H. Klein) and the Sermon on the Mount (W. Schrage), and strangely, an article on Jesus outside of the Synoptics (M. Hengel). Articles on the Fourth Gospel include its Christology (J. Bolyki), the vine imagery (S. Pisarek), John and the Enoch tradition (J. H. Charlesworth), Christology and community in the Farewell Discourse (K. Syreeni), and, using Heidegger, John's notion of "truth" (H. Hübner). "Later developments" include essays on later understandings of the beginnings of Christology (C. Demke), the seer of Patmos (J. M. Court), and Christology in the Apostles' Creed (Z. Sázava) and at Chalcedon (P. Ellingworth). For research libraries. Fred W. Burnett, Anderson University
