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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...

a. This question could be asked with different nuances. If it is meant as a query about the consciousness of the Jesus of history during his earthly ministry, it faces the problems already mentioned in §2e above. We have no way of answering what went on in his mind. The only documents that we have about what he did or said, which might reflect indirectly his awareness, were written at least a generation after his death. They scarcely reflect his direct or reflex