Borg, Marcus J.2012-01-192012-01-191995Borg, MJ 1995, 'Does the historical Jesus matter?', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 942-961.0259-9422 (print)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17823Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web display format PDFPerceptions of the relationship between the historical study of Jesus and Christian theology have swung like a pendulum between two extremes. In the nineteenth century, there was a widespread assumption that the historical Jesus mattered significantly; for much of the twentieth century, the dominant claim has been that the historical Jesus has little or no theological significance. In recent scholarship, there are tentative steps toward affirming a 'both-and' position: though Christian faith is to some extent independent of historical research, it is also true that images of Jesus do very much affect images of the Christian life.20 pagesPDFenFaculty of Theology, University of PretoriaChristian faithHistorical JesusJesus Christ -- BiographyJesus Chris -- InfluenceJesus Christ -- Person and officesArticle