The historical Jesus : the life of a Mediterranean Jewish peasant /
Crossan, John Dominic,
The historical Jesus : the life of a Mediterranean Jewish peasant / John Dominic Crossan. - First HarperCollins paperback edition. - xxxiv, 507 pages ; 24 cm
"The first comprehensive determination of who Jesus was, what he did, what he said"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-485) and indexes.
Then and now -- War and peace -- Slave and patron -- Poverty and freedom -- Aristocrat and historian -- Visionary and teacher -- Peasant and protester -- Magician and prophet -- Bandit and messiah -- Rebel and revolutionary -- John and Jesus -- Kingdom and wisdom -- Magic and meal -- Death and burial -- Resurrection and authority -- Overture: The gospel of Jesus -- Prologue: The historical Jesus -- Part I. Brokered empire : Part II. Embattled brokerage : Part III. Brokerless kingdom : Appendixes -- Bibliography -- Author index -- Text index -- Complex index.
"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"--from Amazon.com.
9780060616298 0060616296
90056451
Jesus Christ--Biography.
Jesus Christ--Biography--History and criticism.
Jesus Christ--Person and offices.
Jesus Christ--Study and teaching.--Biography
Jesus Christ--Historicity.
BT301.2 / .C76 1992 BT301.2 / .C76 1992
ARCH YNDC 232.901 C951H
The historical Jesus : the life of a Mediterranean Jewish peasant / John Dominic Crossan. - First HarperCollins paperback edition. - xxxiv, 507 pages ; 24 cm
"The first comprehensive determination of who Jesus was, what he did, what he said"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-485) and indexes.
Then and now -- War and peace -- Slave and patron -- Poverty and freedom -- Aristocrat and historian -- Visionary and teacher -- Peasant and protester -- Magician and prophet -- Bandit and messiah -- Rebel and revolutionary -- John and Jesus -- Kingdom and wisdom -- Magic and meal -- Death and burial -- Resurrection and authority -- Overture: The gospel of Jesus -- Prologue: The historical Jesus -- Part I. Brokered empire : Part II. Embattled brokerage : Part III. Brokerless kingdom : Appendixes -- Bibliography -- Author index -- Text index -- Complex index.
"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"--from Amazon.com.
9780060616298 0060616296
90056451
Jesus Christ--Biography.
Jesus Christ--Biography--History and criticism.
Jesus Christ--Person and offices.
Jesus Christ--Study and teaching.--Biography
Jesus Christ--Historicity.
BT301.2 / .C76 1992 BT301.2 / .C76 1992
ARCH YNDC 232.901 C951H