Historical Jesus in Context

Name: Historical Jesus in Context
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ISBN: 9780691009926

ISBN-10: 0691009929

ISBN-13: 9780691009926

Edition: 2006

Authors: Dale C. Allison, John Dominic Crossan, Amy-Jill Levine, Dale C. Allison

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The Historical Jesus in Contextis a landmark collection that places the gospel narratives in their full literary, social, and archaeological context. More than twenty-five internationally recognized experts offer new translations and descriptions of a broad range of texts that shed new light on the Jesus of history, including pagan prayers and private inscriptions, miracle tales and martyrdoms, parables and fables, divorce decrees and imperial propaganda. The translated materials--from Christian, Coptic, and Jewish as well as Greek, Roman, and Egyptian texts--extend beyond single phrases to encompass the full context, thus allowing readers to locate Jesus in a broader cultural setting than…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 11/5/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 456
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English

Considered by many to be the most learned scholar on the topic of Jesus Christ, John Dominic Crossan's adversaries question how he reconciles his Catholic faith with 20th century secular study. A former priest, Crossan is the author of The Essential Jesus: Original Sayings and Earliest Images, The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant, Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography; The Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened in the Years Immediately After the Execution of Jesus, and The Cross That Spoke: The Origins of the Passion Narrative, among others.



Princeton Readings in Religions


Contributors


Acknowledgments


Introduction




Archaeological Contributions to the Study of Jesus and the Gospels




Josephus on John the Baptist and Other Jewish Prophets of Deliverance




Abba and Father: Imperial Theology in the Contexts of Jesus and the Gospels




Miraculous Conceptions and Births in Mediterranean Antiquity




First and Second Enoch: A Cry against Oppression and the Promise of Deliverance




Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls




The Chreia




The Galilean Charismatic and Rabbinic Piety: The Holy Man in the Talmudic Literature




Miracle Stories: The God Asclepius, the Pythagorean Philosophers, and the Roman Rulers




The Mithras Liturgy




Apuleius of Madauros




The Parable in the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinic Literature




The Aesop Tradition




Targum, Jesus, and the Gospels




The Psalms of Solomon




Moral and Ritual Purity




Gospel and Talmud




Philo of Alexandria




The Law of Roman Divorce in the Time of Christ




Associations in the Ancient World




Anointing Traditions




The Passover Haggadah




Joseph and Aseneth: Food as an Identity




The Pliny and Trajan Correspondence




Imitations of Greek Epic in the Gospels




Narratives of Noble Death




Isaiah 53:1-12 (Septuagint)




Thallus on the Crucifixion



Maps


Glossary


Index of Ancient Works


Index of Ancient Persons