Development of Christology during the First Hundred Years

Charles H. Talbert, Ph.D. in Biblical Studies, Vanderbilt University, is Distinguished Professor of Religion at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA. He has published extensively on the Gospels and Paul, most recently Ephesians and Collossians and Matthew in the Paideia New Testament Commentary series issued by Baker Academic.

• PART ONE: SYNTHESISChapter 1 The Development of Christology in the First 100 Years: A Modest ProposalPART TWO: BUILDING BLOCKSChapter 2 The Problem of Pre-Existence in Philippians 2:6-11Chapter 3 The Concept of Immortals in Mediterranean AntiquityChapter 4 The Myth of a Descending-Ascending Redeemer in Mediterranean AntiquityChapter 5 The Gospel and the GospelsChapter 6 Expository Article: Luke 1:26-31Chapter 7 And the Word Became Flesh: When?Chapter 8 The Christology of the ApocalypseChapter 9 Miraculous Conceptions and Births in Mediterranean AntiquityIndex of Modern AuthorsIndex of Ancient Sources

"Der Aufsatzband zeigt einen in sich geschlossenen christologischen (Lebens-) Entwurf von hoher innerer Geschlossenheit und Konsequenz. Einige Standards christologischen Nachdenkens werden hier einer kritischen Prüfung unterzogen und erhalten eine nachdenkenswerte Alternative." – Kurt Erlemann, in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 137 (2012), 10