Jesus of Nazareth

[Jesus von Nazareth]
Year: 
2012
Public: 
Moral assessment: 
Type: Thought
Nothing inappropriate.
Requires prior general knowledge of the subject.
Readers with knowledgeable about the subject matter.
Contains doctrinal errors of some importance.
Whilst not being explicitly against the faith, the general approach or its main points are ambiguous or opposed to the Church’s teachings.
Incompatible with Catholic doctrine.
Literary quality: 
Recommendable: 
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The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators

The three volumes of this work by Benedict XVI don't need a big presentation. They can be described, following what the author explains, as a "life of Jesus" as the ones that Karl Adam or Romano Guardini once published. Each one of the chapters that compose it closes a theme and they are somewhat unequal, not so much in quality, but in approach. There are some more meditative chapters, and others more argumentative; some questions are dealt with more extensively than others, etc. 

Jesus of Nazareth can be considered an important book in the development of biblical exegesis at the beginning of the 21st century. Not so much because of what it says in fact - which is already interesting and enriching - but above all because it shows with facts that taking biblical studies seriously can and must also be fruitful from the spiritual point of view.

 

Author: Redacción Delibris, Italy
Update on: Oct 2018