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A Christological Catechism: New Testament Answers is unavailable, but you can change that!

Joseph A. Fitzmyer presents 25 succinctly phrased and candidly answered questions about Jesus. His book covers issues such as the virgin birth, the infancy narratives, Jesus’ claim to be the messiah, the historical accuracy and significance of the resurrection and ascension texts, the place of Peter and the apostles, the importance of the Apocryphal gospels, and more. This book holds insights for...

Once again, we must distinguish the synoptic and Johannine traditions about Jesus’ miracles. In the synoptic tradition four different types of miracle stories are recorded: (1) healings (possibly fifteen of them); (2) exorcisms (five); (3) resuscitations (two); and (4) nature miracles (six, with one of them a “would be” [Matt 17:24–27, the story about the coin in the fish’s mouth, the outcome of which we never learn]). In the Johannine