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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 main references to Jesus’ brothers and sisters in the New Testament are found in the episode of Jesus’ visit to “his own country” (Mk 6:1–3): “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon, and are not his sisters here with us?” Cf. Mt 13:55–56, which has a slightly different formulation. See also Mk 3:32; Mt 12:46. The Johannine tradition mentions