Aren't you glad that you get to read all my interesting quotes from the books i read.(written with a mischievous smile) Jesus is the question, really is looking to replace the historical hermeneutic with that of narrative.
Jesus is the Persona he becomes in interaction with others. (58) Jesus identity then becomes an identity of interpretation. We become who we are through the stories others tell of us and we tell of ourselves. (60)
For Meeks, the historical Jesus is the Jesus who "makes history" as he has been understood by his followers over the centuries.
in chapter 4 of his book Meeks looks at Paul's texts and the use of Metaphor. (which i am writing my final on for Christology of Globalization). he argues that Paul is not a systematic theologian and to look at him as one only confuses the reading. Paul uses the Metaphor of the Paschal Mystery to reread all of scripture. Early follower of jesus found in their scriptures images, patterns and stories (narrative) which they could use to make sense of Jesus and their interaction with him. they used Scripture-informed description of Jesus to interpret their own experiences and the reality they encountered.
For Paul the cross and the atonement are used to interpret life and the world. "Paul's most profound bequest to subsequent Christian discourse was his transformation of that reported event into a multipurpose metaphor with vast generative and trans- formative power... As a multifaceted metaphor rich in meaning the cross becomes simultaneously the wellspring of endless new narratives and a safeguard for those narratives. " (99-100)
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