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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...

The question is concerned with the scene of Peter acknowledging Jesus’ messiahship in the synoptic tradition (Mk 8:27–33; Mt 16:13–23; Lk 9:18–22). Only Mark and Matthew mention the locale of the episode: Caesarea Philippi. Luke omits all reference to locale, only placing the episode toward the end of Jesus’ Galilean ministry (9:18–20), shortly before he begins his journey from Galilee to Jerusalem (9:51). It is, in fact,
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