The Quest for the Real Jesus: Radboud Prestige Lectures by Prof. Dr. Michael Wolter (Biblical Interpretation)

The Radboud Prestige Lectures in New Testament 2010 were presented by Prof. Michael Wolter (University of Bonn). His prestige lecture was entitled: ‘Which is the real Jesus?’. In this lecture he challenged many of the current views within the historical Jesus research by critically evaluating the approaches in various categories. Afterwards this lecture was presented to a variety of scholars from different disciplines who approach the problem from their particular perspectives, thus bringing a rich texture of insights, apart from engaging critically with Wolter’s views. Thus one can appreciate the role the quest for the historical Jesus plays within a wider framework. This resulted in interesting articles that not only deal with historical, but also with philosophical and hermeneutical issues. The Quest for the Real Jesus: Radboud Prestige Lectures by Prof. Dr. Michael Wolter......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 List of Contributors......Page 8 Abbreviations......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 Michael Wolter: Which Jesus is the Real Jesus?......Page 14 1.1 The First Journey’s End in the Wredestraße......Page 32 1.2 Käsemann’s Departure......Page 34 1.3 Driving in the Forest......Page 36 1.4 Travelling off Road......Page 38 1.5 Circling the Entrance......Page 40 1.6 The Wredestraße as Main Road......Page 42 2.2.1 Memory and the Past......Page 43 2.2.3 Memory, Time and Space......Page 45 2.3.1 Memory beyond the Individual......Page 46 2.3.2 Remembrance and Medium......Page 47 2.3.3 Remembering and Historiography......Page 48 3. Travelling Through, in and behind the Text of the Gospel According to Mark......Page 50 3.1.1 The Road Plotted through Mark......Page 51 3.1.2 The Road along the Markan Frame......Page 53 3.2.1 A Walk in Capernaum......Page 54 3.2.3 Visiting Nazareth......Page 55 3.3 Summary......Page 56 3.4.1 The Mark/Q Substratum......Page 57 3.4.3 The Trail of Genre......Page 58 5. How Many Real Jesuses along the Road?......Page 60 Bibliography......Page 66 James D.G. Dunn: The Remembered Jesus......Page 70 R. Alan Culpepper: Contours of the Historical Jesus......Page 80 1. First-Century Galilee: The Context of Jesus’ Life......Page 81 2.1 Teaching......Page 89 2.2 Preaching......Page 90 2.3 Healing......Page 91 3. Jesus’ Knowledge of God: “Our Father”......Page 92 4. Jesus’ Self-Understanding......Page 95 Conclusion......Page 98 Craig A. Evans: Jesus as Savior and Protector—Before Easter and After......Page 100 Michael R. Licona: A New Starting Point in Historical Jesus Research: The Easter Event......Page 112 1. Summary of Wolter’s Proposal......Page 113 2. Analysis......Page 115 3. Viewing the Historical Jesus in Light of the Easter Event......Page 117 4. Method......Page 131 4.1 Hallucination Hypothesis (HH)......Page 133 4.2 Resurrection Hypothesis (RH)......Page 136 Conclusion......Page 138 1. Introduction......Page 142 2. The Limitations of Historical Jesus Scholarship......Page 143 2.1 Criteriological Insufficiency......Page 144 2.2 Hermeneutical Insufficiency: The Difference between Events and Significance......Page 145 2.3 Theological Insufficiency......Page 146 3. Hans-Georg Gadamer......Page 147 3.1 Gadamer’s Historical Hermeneutics......Page 148 3.2 The Benefits of Gadamerian Hermeneutics for Confessional Jesus Scholarship......Page 151 3.3 The Limitations of Gadamerian Hermeneutics for Confessional Jesus Scholarship......Page 154 3.4 The Theological Necessity of Occurrence for Hope......Page 155 4. Coordinating Critical and Confessional Jesus Scholarship......Page 159 4.1 A Five-Staged Taxonomy......Page 160 4.2 A Fideistic Trump Card?......Page 165 5. Concluding Summary......Page 167 Bibliography......Page 169 Robert Morgan: Historical Jesus Research as New Testament Theology......Page 172 Notger Slenczka: In Which Sense has the Conviction that Jesus was Resurrected the “Certainty of Fact”?......Page 198 1.1 Outline of Wolter’s Position......Page 199 1.2 Critical Remarks and Questions......Page 201 2. The Systematician’s View......Page 203 Martin Laube: Im Glauben zum ‚wirklichen‘ Jesus? Überlegungen zu Michael Wolters Umgang mit der historischen Jesusfrage......Page 218 Academic Curriculum Vitae......Page 236 List of Publications: Prof. Dr. Michael Wolter......Page 238 Index of Authors......Page 246 Which Jesus Is The Real Jesus / Michael Wolter -- From Mark's Son Of God To Jesus Of Nazareth : Un Cul-de-sac? / Cilliers Breytenbach -- The Remembered Jesus / James D.g. Dunn -- Contours Of The Historical Jesus / R. Alan Culpepper -- Jesus As Savior And Protector, Before And After Easter / Craig A. Evans -- A New Starting Point In Historical Jesus Research : The Easter Event / Michael R. Licona -- Theological Hermeneutics And The Historical Jesus : A Critical Evaluation Of The Gadamerian Approaches And A New Methodological Proposal / Christopher M. Hays -- Historical Jesus Research As New Testament Theology / Robert Morgan -- In Which Sense Has The Conviction That Jesus Was Resurrected The Certainty Of Fact? / Notger Slenczka -- Im Glauben Zum Wirklichen Jesus? : Überlegungen Zu Michael Wolters Umgang Mit Der Historischen Jesusfrage / Martin Laube Edited By Jan Van Der Watt. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Which Jesus is the real Jesus / Michael Wolter From Mark's Son of God to Jesus of Nazareth : un cul-de-sac? / Cilliers Breytenbach The remembered Jesus / James D.G. Dunn Contours of the historical Jesus / R. Alan Culpepper Jesus as savior and protector, before Easter and after / Craig A. Evans A new starting point in historical Jesus research : the Easter event / Michael R. Licona Theological hermeneutics and the historical Jesus : a critical evaluation of the Gadamerian approaches and a new methodological proposal / Christopher M. Hays Historical Jesus research as New Testament theology / Robert Morgan In which sense has the conviction that Jesus was resurrected the "certainty of fact"? / Notger Slenczka Im Glauben zum 'wirklichen' Jesus? : Überlegungen zu Michael Wolters Umgang mit der historischen Jesusfrage / Martin Laube Academic curriculum vitae / Michael Wolter List of publications / Prof. Dr. Michael Wolter. The question ‘Which is the real Jesus’ is approached from different perspectives, illustrating the role the quest for the historical Jesus plays within a wider framework, including not only historical, but also philosophical and hermeneutical issues.