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Jesus according to the New Testament

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James Dun did a great job with "Jesus according to the new testament" .An excellent and well researched book about Jesus Christ.

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Jesus According to the New Testament is an important work as it relates to the Christology and theology of Jesus Christ. Throughout the book, we are given an overview of the gospels as well as the letters which were written to various churches and church leaders. This allows us to fully grasp the divinity and the humanity of Christ. This book is an excellent addition to any shelf, whether they have been Christian for a long time or are new to Christianity.

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The book seems to be very well researched and is well written. The author provides insights into Jesus that are easily understandable.

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While I enjoyed this book, as a brief introduction, I was left wanting at certain places. Some of that is simply due to the lack of material from which to draw much Christology out of some of the books in the New Testament. At other times it just seemed like the difference between driving down a country lane and enjoying the sights and other times cruising down the interstate at much faster speeds and not being able to focus on as many of the details.

Over all I enjoyed most of the scenery on this trip with James Dunn

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An excellent work with an excellent bibliography, this is a resource that will make a valuable addition to your shelf whether you're embedded in the church or the academy. The great feature of Dunn's work is the in-depth look at the many different testimonies of Jesus held by those who encountered him first-hand. For Christians, we encounter Christ through the living pages of scripture; but we should never neglect to delve deeper into the understanding of those who became his first disciples and who left us written accounts of the impact that Jesus' birth, life, death, and resurrection had on the people who lived twenty centuries ago. I found this book easy to read (i.e. it was not aimed too much at the academic to the detriment of the church layman) with insights that remind me not only of the consistency and trustworthiness of the New Testament books but also of the reality of Jesus Christ's ongoing participation in and shaping of history today.

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This will give you a good overview of what Jesus said, although in several instances dunn bows down to liberal scholars whose points are more based on false presto positions rather than facts

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This will be an ideal suggested reading for a level students looking into Jesus as a man, as part of the trinity and as the son of god.
With a clear purpose and structured layout, it will be user friendly for students of all abilities.

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