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Various of richard s books have appeared in translation in italian, japanese, chinese, russian, korean, spanish, portuguese, french and farsi. Richard bauckham has previously written much about the gospels as eyewitness records, which comes through clearly into this short book. Bauckham shows that jesus was devoted to the god of israel, with a special focus on gods fatherly love and compassion, and like every jewish teacher he expounded the torah, but did so in his own distinctive way. In conclusion, bauckham briefly considers the question of belief in jesus as the basis of christian belief and he comes down firmly on the side of a firm historical basis for such belief. Pdf jesus and the eyewitnesses download read online free. Bauckham fba frse born 22 september 1946 is an english anglican scholar in theology, historical theology and new testament studies, specialising in new testament christology and the gospel of john. His many other books include jesus and the god of israel, gospel women, and jesus. A very short introduction very short introductions by richard bauckham 28jul2011 paperback at. A very short introduction explores the figure of jesus through the four gospels of the new testament. Despite its decline in the west, christianity continues to grow in other parts of the world, such as africa and china.
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