John Meier is in the midst of a massive and highly acclaimed project investigating the sources to analyze what a historian can say about Jesus. This volume looks at the sources involved and explains his criteria.

This book is ambitious in that it combines a scholar's sensibility with a pastor and believer's search for the face of Christ. For instance, note that he has engaged Meier above, as well as Schnackenburg and other heavyweights. This book is the first in what might turn into a small series, as he is writing it in his "spare time."

In this work Wright engages the development of ideas of the afterlife in Judaism and ancient Mediterranean culture. He also discusses the Scriptural witness to the resurrection at length.

In this work you get several classic patristic christological texts, such as Athanasius' Incarnation of the Word, Gregory Nazianzen's Theological Orations, and several documents to illustrate the conciliar developments.

John of Damascus (or Damascene) was also crucial in consolidating orthodox tradition regarding Christ's full divinity and full humanity.

Whatever edition you get, Part III of the Summa provides an excellent summation of the classical teaching on Christ. In typical Aquinas fashion, he explores every possibility in detail and refers to a broad range of sources.

This book combines discussion of the historical development of Christology with systematic presentations that aim at articulation of what the incarnation, death, and resurrection of Christ mean for us.