The question 'Which is the real Jesus' is approached from different perspectives, illustrating the role the quest for the historical Jesus plays within a wider framework, including not only historical, but also philosophical and hermeneutical issues.

Jan van der Watt, D.D., D.Litt, is Professor of New Testament at Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands). He published several books and numerous articles and is General editor of RBL, Area editor of EBR and Senior editor of Oxford Dictionary of the Bible and Ethics.
Michael Wolter, Dr. Theol, Dr. Theol Habil. (1950) is professor of New Testament at the University of Bonn, Germany. He published major monographs and numerous articles on Paul and Luke, as well as on the ethics of the New Testament. He is also Honorary professor of the University of Pretoria (South Africa).