📗 A brilliant collection from the pre-eminent New Testament scholar who wrote The Shadow of the Galilean. He believes that modern sermons are indications that God is alive and getting in touch through the barriers put up by our everyday mentality. Gerd Theissen is Professor of New Testament in the University of Heidelberg. He is the author of The Shadow of the Galilean and THe HIstorical Jesus, both also published by SCM Press.