{"id":5415,"date":"2021-10-15T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?p=5415"},"modified":"2021-05-30T19:59:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T19:59:00","slug":"jesus-and-the-gospel-james-denney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/jesus-and-the-gospel-james-denney\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus and the Gospel – James Denney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Today’s free book is James Denney’s detailed study of the New Testament’s presentation of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My thanks to Book Aid<\/a> for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Denney [1856-1917], Jesus and the Gospel. Christianity Justified in the Mind of Christ<\/em>, 3rd edn. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. Hbk. pp.418. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Table of Contents<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  • Introduction<\/li>
  • Book I. Christianity as it is Explained in the New Testament
    • Introduction: The Unity and Variety of the New Testament<\/li><\/ul>
      1. Christ in Primitive Christian Preaching<\/li>
      2. Christ in the Faith of Paul<\/li>
      3. Christ in the Epistle to the Hebrews<\/li>
      4. Christ in the First Epistle of Peter<\/li>
      5. Christ in the Epislte of James<\/li>
      6. Christ in the Epistle of Jude and in the Second Epistle of Peter<\/li>
      7. Christ in the Synoptic Gospels
        1. The Gospel according to Mark<\/li>
        2. The Gospel according to Matthew<\/li>
        3. The Gospel according to John<\/li><\/ol><\/li>
        4. Christ in the Johannine Writings
          1. The Apocalypse<\/li>
          2. The Epistles of John<\/li>
          3. The Gospel according to John<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>
            • Summary and Transition<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
            • Book II. The Historical Basis of the Christian Faith
              1. The Resurrection of Jesus
                • The Easter Faith and the Easter Message<\/li>
                • The Oldest Historical Evidence<\/li>
                • Moral Considerations involved in a True Appreciation of It<\/li>
                • The Historical and the Spiritual Evidence as Combined in 1 Cor. XV<\/li>
                • The Appearances of the Risen Jesus
                  • Difficulties as to their order<\/li>
                  • Progressive materialism<\/li>
                  • Difficulties as to the scene of the appearings<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                  • Function of the Evangelists in Relation to the Resurrection<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                  • The Self-Revelation of Jesus
                    • (a) Preliminiary critical considerations<\/li>
                    • Dogmatic Preconceptions to the excluded<\/li>
                    • Character of the Evangelic Documents<\/li>
                    • Idea that historical criticism is irrelevant to Christianity<\/li>
                    • Historical Criticism and the Gospel Accoridng to Mark<\/li>
                    • Historical Criticism of the other primitive source\u2014’Q’<\/li>
                    • (b) Detailed Study of the earliest sources as illustrating the self-consciousness of Jesus<\/li>
                    • The Baptism of Jesus<\/li>
                    • The Temptations<\/li>
                    • Jesus and the Twelve: The conditions of discipleship<\/li>
                    • The sermon of the mount<\/li>
                    • The healing of the Centurion’s servant: faith in JEsus<\/li>
                    • Jesus and John the Baptist<\/li>
                    • The great thanksgiving of Jesus<\/li>
                    • Isolated expressions in which Jesus’ consciousness of Himself is revealed: Matt. 11:20ff., 12:30, 12:6, 41, 42, 13:10f., 22:34ff.<\/li>
                    • Passages in which Jesus speaks of Himself as the Son of Man<\/li>
                    • Mark’s History of the Son of God<\/li>
                    • A typical dunamis<\/em> or mighty work in which Jesus’ consciousness of himself is revealed: faith in Jesus<\/li>
                    • The Bridegroom and the children of bridechamber<\/li>
                    • The unpardonable sin in MArk<\/li>
                    • The Messiah and the cross: Mark 8:27-10:45<\/li>
                    • The triumphal entry into Jerusalem<\/li>
                    • The wicked husbandmen: servants and the Son<\/li>
                    • David’s son and David’s lord<\/li>
                    • The date of the parousia<\/li>
                    • The last supper<\/li>
                    • The final confession<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol><\/li>
                    • Conclusion
                      • The one Christian faith vindicated in the mind of Christ<\/li>
                      • Objection based on the irrevelance of history to faith<\/li>
                      • Objection based on the unreliableness of the history in question<\/li>
                      • The right of evangelical Christianity secured<\/li>
                      • Attitude of individuals and of churches to these conclusions<\/li>
                      • Their bearing on the union of churches<\/li>
                      • Simplification of theological creeds fallacious<\/li>
                      • A uniting confession of faith<\/li>
                      • Objections considered<\/li>
                      • The essence of Christianity and how to secure it<\/li>
                      • Index of New Testament passages<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n