Jesus and Philosophy: New Essays [Paperback]

Paul K. Moser (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521694868 | ISBN-13: 978-0521694865 | Publication Date: October 20, 2008 | Edition: 1

What, if anything, does Jesus of Nazareth have to do with philosophy? This question motivates this collection of new essays from leading theologians, philosophers, and biblical scholars. Part I portrays Jesus in his first-century intellectual and historical context, attending to intellectual influences and contributions and contemporaneous similar patterns of thought. Part II examines how Jesus influenced two of the most prominent medieval philosophers. It considers the seeming conceptual shift from Hebraic categories of thought to distinctively Greco-Roman ones in later Christian philosophers. Part III considers the significance of Jesus for some prominent contemporary philosophical topics, including epistemology and the meaning of life. The focus is not so much on how "Christianity" figures in such topics as on how Jesus makes distinctive contributions to such topics.

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"...all the essays are valuable reading for philosophers, theologians, and biblical scholars. Recommended." --Choice

Book Description

What, if anything, does Jesus have to do with philosophy? This collection of essays examines this question in three parts: Jesus in his first-century context, in medieval philosophy, and in contemporary philosophy.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 246 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (October 20, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521694868
• ISBN-13: 978-0521694865
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,485,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Paul K. Moser is Professor and Chairperson of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago and the Editor of the American Philosophical Quarterly. His most recent book is The Evidence for God (Cambridge University Press, 2010). The book is a sequel to his book, The Elusive God (Cambridge University Press, 2008), which won the 2011 Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award for Philosophy. Paul Moser's next book will be The Severity of God: Rigor and Lenience in Religion (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2013). Currently, he is co-editing a collection entitled The Wisdom of the Christian Faith (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2013). He is also Co-Editor of the new Cambridge University Press book series, Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society.