Jesus of Nazareth: An independent historian's account of his life and teaching
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ISBN-13: | 9780567645173 |
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Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publication date: | 12/30/2010 |
Pages: | 576 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.70(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Preface xi
Abbreviations xiii
1 The Quest of the Historical Jesus 1
1 Introduction 1
2 The Nazi Period 4
3 Radical Form Criticism 9
4 Not the Second and Third Quests 12
5 Vermes and Sanders 13
6 Crossan and the American Jesus Seminar 18
7 From Bad to Worse 21
8 Recent Lives of Jesus 45
9 Conclusions 59
2 Historically Reliable Sources 61
1 Introduction 61
2 The Gospel According to Marcus 62
3 The So-called 'Q' Material 78
4 The Gospel According to Matthew 86
5 The Gospel According to Luke 93
6 Conclusions 97
3 Historical Method 101
1 Introduction 101
2 Multiple Attenstation 102
3 Dissimilarity, Coherence and Embarrassment 104
4 Historical Plausibility 106
5 Aramaic 108
6 Jewish Source Material 120
7 Rewriting History, Telling Stories and Social Memory 132
8 Conclusions 141
4 Family, Birth, Upbringing and Cultural Background 143
1 Family 143
2 Birth 145
3 Upbringing 158
4 Galilee and the Surrounding Areas 164
5 Conclusions 169
5 John the Baptist, Call and Ministry 171
1 Introduction 171
2 The Prophetic Tradition 172
3 John the Baptist 173
4 Jesus' Baptism and Call 176
5 Jesus, John and the Length of the Historic Ministry 178
6 The Call of the Twelve 186
7 Women in the Historic Ministry 192
8 Conclusions 197
6 God 199
1 Introduction 199
2 Jesus' Spiritual Life 199
3 The Fatherhood of God 204
4 The Kingdom of God 212
5 Teaching Others to Pray 226
6 Conclusions 234
7 Exorcism and Healing 237
1 Introduction 237
2 Secondary Development 240
3 Healing 244
4 Exorcism in the Ministry of Jesus 247
5 Healing Other Illnesses 256
6 The Mighty Works of a Prophet 271
7 Jesus Was Not a Magician 275
8 Conclusions 278
8 Jesus' Ethical Teaching 281
1 Introduction 281
2 Repentance 282
3 The Torah 284
4 Particular Ethical Instructions 288
5 Divorce and the Family 295
6 The Good Samaritan 301
7 Poverty and Riches 305
8 Two Problems 309
9 Observing Jesus' Ethical Teaching 310
10 Conclusions 312
9 Jesus' Conflicts with His Opponents 313
1 Introduction 313
2 Scribes 313
3 Pharisees 315
4 Orthodoxy in Second Temple Judaism 319
5 Jesus' Conflicts with Scribes and Pharisees 320
6 Herod Antipas 338
7 Chief Priests, Elders and Scribes 344
8 Division 349
9 Conclusions 351
10 Christological Terms 353
1 Introduction 353
2 Prophet 354
3 Teacher 356
4a Son of Man: Introduction 358
4b Son of Man: Genuine Sayings of Jesus 361
4c Son of Man: The Translation Process 369
4d Son of Man: Daniel 7.13 374
4e Son of Man: Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection 377
4f Son of Man: The Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke 381
5 Son of God 388
6 Messiah, or Christ 392
7 Conclusions 399
11 Death in Jerusalem 401
1 Introduction 401
2 Preparing the Way 403
3 Entry into Jerusalem, and the Cleansing of the Temple 408
4 The Next Few Days 415
5 Betrayal 425
6 Jesus' Final Passover 429
7 Arrest 438
8 Trial and Conviction 440
9 Crucifixion: A Bandit's Shameful Death 445
10 A Bandit's Shameful Burial 448
11 Conclusions 453
12 Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? 455
1 Introduction 455
2 Early Experiences and Belief 456
3 Gospel Appearance Narratives 461
4 Jewish Beliefs in Resurrection 466
5 The Gospel Narratives Again 473
6 Appearances, Visions, Apparitions and Hallucinations 488
7 Conclusions 497
13 Conclusions 499
Further Reading 509
Appendix. Other Gospels 511
1 Introduction 511
2 The Gospel of John 511
3 The Gospel of Thomas 525
4 The Gospel of Judas 534
5 The Gospel of Mary 535
6 The Gospel of Philip 537
7 The Secret Gospel of Mark 539
8 Conclusions 543
Index 545