For For readers interested in Jesus as a teacher of wisdom and in how his words bear on philosophical questions; not for those wanting historical-Jesus scholarship.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
4 of 5strongly recommended
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
2 of 5moderate
The teaching of Jesus read as philosophy across metaphysics, knowledge, human nature and ethics.
How it proceeds
Philosophic5 of 5
Scriptural3 of 5
Experiential2 of 5
Sociological1 of 5
Historical0 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
Published by St. Augustine's Press in 2007, this book reads the teaching of Jesus as philosophy, setting out what it implies for the four main branches of philosophy: metaphysics, epistemology, anthropology and ethics. Kreeft argues that Jesus is the wisest of all philosophers.
