Author’s Preface [3] Translator’s Introduction [17] Footnotes CHAPTER I THE MODERN “HISTORICAL” SOLUTION 1. Summary account of it [59] 2. The four assumptions upon which it is based [63] 3. The two contrasted periods (first assumption) [64] 4. The influence of the Pauline theory of the atonement upon the formulation of the Synoptical prediction of the Passion (second assumption) [70] 5. The Kingdom of God as an ethical entity in the Passion Idea (third assumption) [73] 6. The form of the Prediction of the Passion (fourth assumption) [80] 7. Résumé [81] CHAPTER II THE “DEVELOPMENT” OF JESUS 1. The Kingdom of God as an ethical and as an eschatological fact [84] 2. The eschatological character of the charge to the Twelve [87] 3. The new view [92] CHAPTER III THE PREACHING OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD 1. The new morality as repentance [94] 2. The ethics of Jesus and modern ethics [99] CHAPTER IV THE SECRET OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD 1. The parables of the secret of the Kingdom of God [106] 2. The secret of the Kingdom of God in the address to the people after the mission of the Twelve [110] 3. The secret of the Kingdom of God in the light of the Prophetic and Jewish expectation [112] 4. The secret of the Kingdom of God and the assumption of a fortunate Galilean period [115] 5. The secret of the Kingdom of God and the universalism of Jesus [117] 6. The secret of the Kingdom of God and Jesus’ attitude towards the Law and the State [119] 7. The modern element in Jesus’ eschatology [120] CHAPTER V The Secret of the Kingdom of God in the Thought of the Passion [124] CHAPTER VI THE CHARACTER ASCRIBED TO JESUS ON THE GROUND OF HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY 1. The problem and the facts [127] 2. Jesus is Elijah through his solidarity with the Son of Man [135] 3. Jesus is Elijah through the signs which proceed from Him [139] 4. The victory over demons and the secret of the Kingdom of God [143] 5. Jesus and the Baptist [145] 6. The Baptist and Jesus [147] 7. The blind man at Jericho and the ovation at the entrance of Jesus to Jerusalem [156] CHAPTER VII AFTER THE MISSION OF THE TWELVE LITERARY AND HISTORICAL PROBLEMS 1. The voyage on the lake after the return of the Twelve [164] 2. The supper by the seashore [168] 3. The week at Bethsaida [174] CHAPTER VIII THE SECRET OF MESSIAHSHIP 1. From the Mount of Transfiguration to Cæsarea Philippi [180] 2. The futuristic character of Jesus’ messiahship [185] 3. The Son of Man and the futuristic character of Jesus’ messiahship [190] 4. The resurrection of the dead and the futuristic character of Jesus’ messiahship [201] 5. The betrayal by Judas—the last disclosure of the secret of messiahship [214] CHAPTER IX THE SECRET OF THE PASSION 1. The pre-messianic affliction [219] 2. The idea of the Passion in the first period [223] 3. The “Temptation” and the divine omnipotence [226] 4. The idea of the Passion in the second period [230] 5. Isaiah 40-66: the secret of the Passion foretold in the Scripture [236] 6.