The doctrine of Christology is of central importance in Christian thought. More recent scholarship has questioned the view that an understanding of the person of Jesus as the Son of God in a real or essential sense is to be found in the mind of Jesus and in the thought of the early church, and that such understanding can for the basis of a modern Christology. This article addresses the scholarship that denies the above contentions, questioning whether they demonstrate a true reading of the New Testament evidence.

This article illustrates that the Old Testament is to be read from a Christological perspective, as Christ himself also taught in the New Testament (e.g., Luke 24). It shows how New Testament Christology is built on analogies between Jesus and Old Testament saints.

This article gives an evaluation of the work and contribution of Martin Hengel in celebration of his eightieth birthday. It evaluates his contribution to the study of early Judaism and early Christianity, with specific focus on his contributions to Christology.

The teaching on the person and work of Christ (Christology) in 1 Thessalonians is not often referred to directly. This paper wants to establish the nature of the letter's Christology.

This article wants to demonstrate that there is a clear theology associated with the letter of James. It looks at three aspects of the Christian faith: Christology, ecclesiology, and soteriology.

Can we speak of an influence of Philo of Alexandria on the letter to the Hebrews's Christology? This article reflects on this question and the relationship between Acts 7 and Hebrews 1-Hebrews 4.

Who was Jesus? This essay reflects on the main lines of the Christology of the letter to the Hebrews. It is done against the background of Judaism and particularly the Qumran writings. It gives attention in particular to Jesus' identity as Son of God and his office as high priest.

This article addresses the question of whether Christ could have sinned, a crucial question in Christology. To wrestle with the question, one has to do justice to these truths: Jesus never actually sinned, he was tempted, and God cannot sin. Wellum demonstrates that Christ was unable to sin (he was impeccable).

This article wants to look at Christology in the letter of James. Baker identifies three aspects of Christ: he is teacher of the church, he shares in the qualities of God, and he is active today in the church.

This article examines the doctrine of Christ expressed in the songs of four contemporary worship songwriters: Matt Redman, Tim Hughes, [Martyn Layzell], and Paul Oakley. The author's thesis is that the songs do indeed focus on Jesus, but the Christology is very limited and poor. Insufficient attention is given to the doctrine of the Trinity.

In this essay, Gaffin identifies and reflects on those viewpoints in the apostle Paul's teaching on the Holy Spirit that are dominant. His conviction is that Paul's teaching on the Spirit is focused on the centre of his theology, which is Christology.

In this essay, the author tells the story of how John Hick moved from an orthodox conviction about Christology to a heterodox understanding of the person and work of Christ.

How should Hans Frei’s approach to Christological truth claims be appreciated? Callahan gives a critical discussion of Frei's Christology in the light of what he sees as puzzling elements, such as what Frei sees as fictive or "novel-like characteristics" of the Gospels.

This essay wants to answer the question whether Irenaeus continued the Christology of Justin Martyr.

In this article, the author provides a simplified understanding of christology on the subject of the divinity and humanity of Christ as expressed by the Council of Chalcedon in 451. In the process the author gives background developments that led to Chalcedon, especially the Alexandrian and Antiochene views of christology.

The importance of signs in the Gospel of John is generally acknowledged. However, there is no treatment of the exact number and identity of the Johannine signs. For important reasons such a work, however, is needed. While six Johannine signs are commonly acknowledged, there is no agreement regarding possible other signs in John's Gospel. Through an exploration of the alternative proposals, greater clarity, if not consensus, could be achieved.