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Does Jesus remain concealed by the very traditions intended to portray him? History and theology define Jesus to be a 1^st-century Galilean or the son of God, a man limited by his time and place or exalted as the Messiah and Christ. He has been recognized as a Jewish rabbi or the prophet of a coming apocalypse. The quest for the historical Jesus and theology’s Christ of faith may both be essential and undeniable in the history of scholarship. Secular historians and the Christian church have made their claims. Jesus’ self-conception, however, has been neglected, his consciousness largely ignored. A new interpretation of the gospels presents Jesus as an unprecedented human being who will “utter things which have kept secret from the foundation of the word” (Matt. 13:35) and make their meanings significant for the here and now. Jesus’ life from the virgin birth to the resurrection can neither be reduced to history’s skepticism nor theology’s affirmation. Is it possible to re-imagine the life and words of Jesus? He reveals himself to be a “first-born” who makes possible the second act of creation for every individual no less than for the social world.