Jesus Trhough the Centuries

I have been contemplating doing a Bible study on Jaroslav Pelikan's Jesus Through the Centuries (Yale University Press, 1985).

1.  Jesus the Rabbi (early Jewish first century)

2.  Jesus light to the Gentiles (second and third century)

3.  Jesus as King and Lord (rise of Christian empire in fourth century)

4.  The Cosmic Christ (Byzantine Christianity)

5..The monk who rules the world (medieval Christianity)

6.  Bridegroom of the Soul (mystical Christianity)

7.  The Universal man for all mankind (Renaissance Christianity)

8.  Poet of the Spirit (classical nineteenth century Christianity)

9.  Jesus the liberator (two-third world Christianity--20th century)

10.  The man who belongs to the world (21st century global Christianity)

I will have much work to do to unpack and lead people both into the word of God and how it was interpreted at that time and how we might see scripture from another angle and from a different point in history.