Disable All Advertising
Image
EAN-139780060616298   EAN-13 barcode 9780060616298
Product NameThe Historical Jesus: The Life Of A Mediterranean Jewish Peasant
LanguageEnglish
CategoryBook / Magazine / Publication
Short DescriptionPaperback
Amazon.comA Buy on Amazon ~ 0060616296
SKU85196
Price New8.72 US Dollars    (curriencies)
Price Used0.49 US Dollars    (curriencies)
Width1.36 inches    (convert)
Height9.25 inches    (convert)
Length6.13 inches    (convert)
Weight20.48 ounces    (convert)
AuthorJohn Dominic Crossan
Page Count544
BindingPaperback
Published02/26/1993
Long Description"He comes as yet unknown into a hamlet of Lower Galilee. He is watched by the cold, hard eyes of peasants living long enough at a subsistence level to know exactly where the line is drawn between poverty and destitution. He looks like a beggar yet his eyes lack the proper cringe, his voice the proper whine, his walk the proper shuffle. He speaks about the rule of God and they listen as much from curiosity as anything else. They know all about rule and power, about kingdom and empire, but they know it in terms of tax and debt, malnutrition and sickness, agrarian oppression and demonic possession. What, they really want to know, can this kingdom of God do for a lame child, a blind parent, a demented soul screaming its tortured isolation among the graves that mark the edges of the village?" –– from "The Gospel of Jesus," overture to The Historical Jesus The Historical Jesus reveals the true Jesus––who he was, what he did, what he said. It opens with "The Gospel of Jesus," Crossan's studied determination of Jesus' actual words and actions stripped of any subsequent additions and placed in a capsule account of his life story. The Jesus who emerges is a savvy and courageous Jewish Mediterranean peasant, a radical social revolutionary, with a rhapsodic vision of economic, political, and religious egalitarianism and a social program for creating it. The conventional wisdom of critical historical scholarship has long held that too little is known about the historical Jesus to say definitively much more than that he lived and had a tremendous impact on his followers. "There were always historians who said it could not be done because of historical problems," writes Crossan. "There were always theologians who said it should not be done because of theological objections. And there were always scholars who said the former when they meant the latter.' With this ground–breaking work, John Dominic Crossan emphatically sweeps these notions aside. He demonstrates that Jesus is actually one of the best documented figures in ancient history; the challenge is the complexity of the sources. The vivid portrayal of Jesus that emerges from Crossan's unique methodology combines the complementary disciplines of social anthropology, Greco–Roman history, and the literary analysis of specific pronouncements, anecdotes, confessions and interpretations involving Jesus. All three levels cooperate equally and fully in an effective synthesis that provides the most definitive presentation of the historical Jesus yet attained.
Similar Items9781563382734: Bandits, Prophets, And Messiahs: Popular Movements At The Time Of Jesus
9780944344323: The Gospel Of Thomas And Jesus (Foundations & Facets)
9780060616618: Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography
9780809124534: A Marginal Jew: Rethinking The Historical Jesus: The Roots Of The Problem And The Person, Vol. 1
9780800627102: Jesus And Spiral Of Violence (Facets)
9780060514570: In Search Of Paul: How Jesus' Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire With God's Kingdom
9780060616595: The Birth Of Christianity: Discovering What Happened In The Years Immediately After The Execution Of Jesus
9780664258429: Who Is Jesus?: Answers To Your Questions About The Historical Jesus
9780060616717: Who Killed Jesus?
9780060641665: The Real Jesus: The Misguided Quest For The Historical Jesus And The Truth Of The Traditional Go
View 73 more similar items
Created02-26-2012 10:06:05pm
Modified04-30-2020 3:01:00pm
MD5489fa9de9746c914421335705ca1e3c5
SHA25663cd20fada5b9646753dd035eca6b3d1e855374fa183e0bf66177e14a603141a
Search Googleby EAN or by Title
Query Time0.0258658

An article of interest

Our Android App

v1.1.6 - Performance Upgrade

Images are now cached for offline viewing and faster loading. Descriptions in the history list load when needed the first time rather than when scanned allowing for background processing. Getting set up for new features coming soon.