Jesus Remembered: Christianity in the Making, vol. 1

FAITH AND THE HISTORICAL JESUS §2
Nevertheless, I hope that the heuristic value of observing the persistence
and recurrence of these particular Tendenzen will outweigh the defects of
the schema.
3. In chapters 3-5 my objective will be primarily descriptive. Only in chapter
6, having recognized the advances made and acknowledged the issues
posed by the earlier phases of the quest (and earlier), do I attempt to set out
'my own stall', and to indicate and argue for the historical, hermeneutical,
and theological principles which will inform my own attempt to describe
the beginnings of Christianity in Jesus of Nazareth.
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