vol. 38, Issue #4

Online Journal Article: The Convergence Of Narrative And Christology: Hans W. Frei On The Uniqueness Of Jesus Christ - James Patrick Callahan * Jets 38/4 (December 1995) 531–547

https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/38/38-4/38-4-pp531-547_JETS.pdf

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Complete article may be found here:
https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/38/38-4/38-4-pp531-547_JETS.pdf

THE CONVERGENCE OF NARRATIVE AND CHRISTOLOGY:
HANS W. FREI ON THE UNIQUENESS OF JESUS CHRIST -
JAMES PATRICK CALLAHAN*JETS 38/4 (December 1995) 531–547

Excerpt:
In recent years there have been few as articulate, and yet enigmatic, in
the defense of the uniqueness of Jesus Christ as Hans W. Frei (1922–1988).
Consider Frei’s own declaration: The “Gospel story presents Jesus’ identity
as that of a singular, unsubstitutable person.” “It is simply the
unsubstitutable person about whom the story is told—his unsubstitutable deeds, words,
and sufferings—that makes the real difference.” It is of central importance
in his work The Identity of Jesus Christ to display how the Christological
claim of the unsubstitutable uniqueness of Christ stands at the heart of
Christian self-description: “We take the New Testament picture of Jesus as
our norm,” and one feature of that norm “is the personal and
unsubstitutable center that is Jesus, his personal uniqueness.”
--from the first page of the article