Bible Alive Jesus Christ Three: The Starting Point for Christology

Bible Alive Jesus Christ 003: "The Starting Point for Christology"

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Here are questions from the third class of Bible Alive: Jesus Christ, meeting Tuesday nights. To follow you will need to read the book Jesus Christ: Fundamentals in Christology, by Roch Kereszty, o. cist.
ISBN-10: 081890917X
ISBN-13: 978-0818909177
It can be ordered here NOTE: YOU NEED to read the book.

In addition to the post below on the dangers of fundamentalism, please look here also.

The following questions cover pp. 32-47.
Class Three Questions:

1. What two facts are the “rock bottom” foundation for a theological history of Jesus?
2. Could some kind of “Jesus Religion” have begun without “Easter Faith”?
3. What are the advantages of starting biblical Christology with an analysis of the proclamation of Jesus’ saving death and resurrection by his disciples?
4. What is the most widely accepted fact about Jesus?
5. How can you prove the historicity of Jesus’ death on the cross?
6. Give an overview of the logical steps of the book’s argument that concludes that it is reasonable to believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus.
7. Give a detailed exegesis of 1 Cor 15:3-8. In particular, why is this text so important for our purpose? How old is the tradition embodied in 3b-5? Does Paul view the appearance of Jesus to himself as a historical event? If so, what special kind?
8. Interpret the appearance narratives of both the Gospels and Acts, as well as the empty tomb narratives.
9. What facts connected to the origin of resurrection faith can be established by the historian? In particular, how do you prove the historicity of the empty tomb?