Background
Meier, John Paul was born on August 8, 1942 in New York City. Son of Paul Ulrich and Elizabeth (O'Reilly) Meier.
(In this definitive book on the real, historical Jesus, on...)
In this definitive book on the real, historical Jesus, one of our foremost biblical scholars meticulously sifts the evidence of 2,000 years to portray neither a rural magician nor a figure of obvious power, but a marginal Jew.
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(In this volume Father Meier explores how Matthew remodele...)
In this volume Father Meier explores how Matthew remodeled the form, the Christological message, and the moral demand of the gospel. Part I shows Matthew's church in crisis. It was experiencing a shift in its Christian existence: from a narrow Jewish-Christian past to a universal Gentile future. To preserve yet reinterpret the particularistic traditions of that Jewish-Christian past, Matthew drew up a model of salvation history and then reshaped the gospel message to fit it. Part II offers a mini-commentary on the whole gospel to illustrate this reshaping of the message. Pericope by pericope, Matthew presents Jesus as Son of God and Son of Man, and therefore as 'the' definitive teacher of his Church. Indeed, the nexus between Christ and his Church emerges as the outstanding characteristic of Matthew's gospel. Part III studies Matthew's construction of a unified moral vision on the basis of this connection between Christ and Church. The basic stance of Jesus and his disciples towards the Mosaic Law is one of fulfillment - a 'prophetic' fulfillment which involves at times a deepening of, at times the abrogation of, the letter of the Law.
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(Two major New Testament scholars use the tools of modern ...)
Two major New Testament scholars use the tools of modern biblical interpretation to reconstruct the history of two of the most important Christian centers of the first-century church.
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Meier, John Paul was born on August 8, 1942 in New York City. Son of Paul Ulrich and Elizabeth (O'Reilly) Meier.
Bachelor, St. Joseph's College, Yonkers, New York, 1964. Licentiate of Sacred Theology, Gregorian University, Rome, 1968. SSD, Biblical Institute, Rome, 1976.
Professor New Testament, St. Joseph Seminary, Yonkers, 1972-1984; professor New Testament, Catholic U. American, Washington, since 1984. Member International Dialogue between Roman Caths. and Disciples of Christ,1983-. Scripture consultant Committee on Doctrine of the National Conference Catholic Bishops, since 1987.
(In this definitive book on the real, historical Jesus, on...)
(Two major New Testament scholars use the tools of modern ...)
(In this volume Father Meier explores how Matthew remodele...)