The Quest for the Historical Jesus after the Demise of Authenticity: Toward a Critical Realist Philosophy of History in Jesus Studies

by Jonathan Bernier

Publisher:

Bloomsbury

, 2016

Overview

For two centuries scholars have sought to discover the historical Jesus. Presently such scholarship is dominated not by the question ‘Who was Jesus?’ but rather ‘How do we even go about answering the question, “Who was Jesus?”?’ With this current situation in mind, Jonathan Bernier undertakes a two-fold task: one, to engage on the level of the philosophy of history with existing approaches to the study of the historical Jesus, most notably the criteria approach and the social memory approach; two, to work with the critical realism developed by Bernard Lonergan, introduced into New Testament studies by Ben F. Meyer, and advocated by N.T. Wright in order to develop a philosophy of history that can elucidate current debates within historical Jesus studies.

Product Details

• Title: The Quest for the Historical Jesus after the Demise of Authenticity: Toward a Critical Realist Philosophy of History in Jesus Studies
• Author: Jonathan Bernier
• Series: Library of New Testament Studies
• Volume: 540
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Print Publication Date: 2016
• Logos Release Date: 2019
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Jesus Christ › Historicity
• ISBNs: 9780567662866, 9780567662873, 9780567681706, 0567662861, 056766287X, 056768170X
• Resource ID: LLS:QSTHSTRCLJJSSST
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:33:01Z

About Jonathan Bernier

Jonathan Bernier (PhD, McMaster University) is assistant professor of New Testament at Regis College, University of Toronto, in Toronto, Ontario, where he also serves as executive director of the Lonergan Research Institute. He has written several books, including The Quest for the Historical Jesus after the Demise of Authenticity.