WHO DO YOU SAY, I AM? THE JESUS OF HISTORY, THE BIBLE AND MODERN AFRICA

Abstract

This article is, first off all, a Christology. The writer uses a combined approach of historical study predominantly used by biblical scholars and contextualization which pay attention to the reception of the living readers. By doingthat, the writer wants to make a balance between critical enterprise typical of academic world and the world of the believers. Rather than separating the two, the writer shows the advantage of including them in Christology. The central question posedby the writer is the question of Jesus about whom the disciples whom the think he is. The question is seen relevant not only to the first disciples but also to the present Christians. African context is mostly but not exclusively highlighted, through the study of several titles of Jesus popular among the Africans.