FACING UP TO JESUS in the Gospels and Paul
Gerald O’Collins, SJ, AC
Paperback, 256 pages, $29.95
Publication Date: November 2023
ISBN: 9781922815835
Now professor emeritus of the Gregorian University (Rome) and a
world-acclaimed theologian who has authored or co-authored over eighty
books, Gerald O’Collins illuminates difficult sayings of Jesus and
meticulously explains these and other texts of the four Gospels. His
interpretation also significantly advances our appreciation of Jesus’
virginal conception (Matthew and Luke), the ‘verbal’ quality of
believing in John’s Gospel, and the silent flight of Mary Magdalene and
her two companions when they hear the astonishing news of Jesus’
resurrection from the dead (Mark 16:1–8).
O’Collins moves to Paul and sets out his role as key witness to the
resurrection of Jesus—along with Peter and Mary Magdalene. He enters the
debate about a current theory that the ‘high exaltation’ of Jesus
(Philippians 2:9) amounts to nothing more than his becoming a superior
angel.
No one illustrates better than O’Collins the creative and
constructive results of precise, Jesus-centred New Testament exegesis.
His most recent books include The Beauty of Jesus (Oxford University
Press), The Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola: A Lived
Experience (Paulist Press), and Letters to Maev (Connor Court
Publishing).
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