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Theologians have discoursed over and offered various interpretations on the nature, function, method and scope of New Testament theology. Many of these approaches have resulted in tension and confusion amongst scholars and students. Gerhard Hasel addresses this situation with an in-depth discussion of the basic issues of the debate. Beginning with a comprehensive survey of the emergence and...

attempted to drive home consists of the conviction that, even if we may speak of God or the transcendent in a meaningful way, “the essential relativity of all historical events means that we cannot think in terms of a knowledge of Jesus that is different in kind from knowledge we may have of other historical persons.”99 This means that Jesus is but a supreme example capable of being imitated (Buri, Jaspers) or the “decisive manifestation” of what is known also elsewhere (Ogden). Bultmann’s presentation
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