In contrast to books about the “historical Jesus” that try to penetrate behind the New Testament, William Placher presents what the New Testament and the great Christian theologians have actually said about Jesus. The Christian tradition, Placher argues, does not offer a boring, safe Jesus who is in need of historical reconstruction (contrary to what we might think, given the spate of books on the historical Jesus), but one who radically challenges the ways we understand the world and live our lives. Here he presents Jesus the Savior and discusses Jesus in chapters on the Incarnation, Jesus’ ministry, the Cross, and the Resurrection. Westminster John Knox Pressx.
