The First Christian: Universal Truth in the Teachings of Jesus
*Starred Review* Pastor and theologian Zahl wants to restart the quest for the historical Jesus. Not the one just winding down, typified by the ranking of Jesus' sayings for authenticity and the portrayal of Jesus as merely a "Mediterranean Jewish peasant." Zahl has in mind the 1950s' Jesus quest, whose leader Ernst Kasemann sought for the Christian Jesus, a rabbi whose teaching upheld many...
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