Jesus and the Message of the New Testament

Joachim Jeremias was one of the most innovative and productive New Testament scholars of the twentieth century. This volume brings together some of his best-known works on historical Jesus research and core issues concerning Gospel tradition.

K. C. Hanson (PhD Claremont Graduate School) is editor in chief at Wipf and Stock Publishers (Eugene, Oregon), after having taught biblical studies for sixteen years (1982-1998) and working as senior editor for biblical studies at Fortress Press (1998-2005). In addition to writing two volumes in the Proclamation series for Fortress, he compiled and edited seven volumes for Fortress Classics in Biblical Studies. He translated Andre LaCocque's Ruth from the French for the Continental Commentary series (Fortress, 2004) and Renate Bethge's Dietrich Bonhoeffer: A Brief Life (Fortress, 2003). He also edited Sigmund Mowinckel's Religion and Cult(Cascade, 2012) and translatedand edited Hermann Gunkel's Elijah, Yahweh, and Baal (Cascade, 2014).

Joachim Jeremias was Professor of New Testament at the University of Goettingen, Germany. He is author of several books from Fortress Press, including Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus (1975).