Historical Jesus in Context
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Anointing
Apuleius
Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Leviticus
Books of Kings
Burial
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Christian
Christianity
Christianity and Judaism
Crucifixion of Jesus
Dead Sea Scrolls
Deity
Early Christianity
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Eucharist
Exegesis
Ezekiel
Galilean
Gentile
God
Haggadah
Hebrew Bible
Hebrew language
Hebrews
Hellenistic period
Historical Jesus
Isaiah 53
Israelites
Jews
John the Baptist
Judaism
Judea
Judea (Roman province)
Land of Israel
Life of Apollonius of Tyana
Literature
Lord's Prayer
Meal
Melchizedek
Messiah
Mishnah
Mithraism
Narrative
New Testament
Old Testament
Parable
Passover
Persecution
Pharisees
Philosopher
Philostratus
Piety
Psalms
Pseudepigrapha
Qumran
Rabbi
Rabbinic literature
Religion
Religious text
Righteousness
Rite
Ritual purification
Roman Empire
Septuagint
Suetonius
Synoptic Gospels
Talmud
Temple in Jerusalem
Theology
Torah
Trajan
Product details
- ISBN 9780691009926
- Weight: 652g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 05 Nov 2006
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Historical Jesus in Context is 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 is usually made available. This book demonstrates that only by knowing the world in which Jesus lived and taught can we fully understand him, his message, and the spread of the Gospel. Gathering in one place material that was previously available only in disparate sources, this formidable book provides innovative insight into matters no less grand than first-century Jewish and Gentile life, the composition of the Gospels, and Jesus himself.
Amy-Jill Levine is E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies at the Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion of Vanderbilt University. Dale C. Allison Jr. is Errett M. Grable Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Early Christianity at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. John Dominic Crossan is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at DePaul University.
