The Historical Jesus in Context

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Princeton University Press, 05‏/11‏/2006 - 440 من الصفحات

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.

 

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Introduction AmyJill Levine
1
Archaeological Contributions to the Study of Jesus and the Gospels
40
Josephus on John the Baptist and Other Jewish Prophets
55
Imperial Theology in the Contexts of Jesus
64
Miraculous Conceptions and Births in Mediterranean Antiquity
79
A Cry against Oppression and the Promise
87
Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls Peter Flint
110
The Chreia David B Gowler
132
Moral and Ritual Purity Jonathan Klawans
266
Gospel and Talmud Herbert W Basser
285
Philo of Alexandria Gregory E Sterling
296
The Law of Roman Divorce in the Time of Christ
309
Associations in the Ancient World John S Kloppenborg
323
Anointing Traditions Teresa J Hornsby
339
The Passover Haggadah Calum Carmichael
343
Food as an Identity Marker Randall D Chesnutt
357

The Holy Man in
149
The God Asclepius the Pythagorean Philosophers
166
The Mithras Liturgy Marvin Meyer
179
Apuleius of Madauros Ian H Henderson
193
The Parable in the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinic Literature
206
The Aesop Tradition Lawrence M Wills
222
Targum Jesus and the Gospels Bruce Chilton
238
The Psalms of Solomon Joseph L Trafton
256
The Pliny and Trajan Correspondence Bradley M Peper
366
Imitations of Greek Epic in the Gospels Dennis R MacDonald
372
Narratives of Noble Death Robert Doran
385
112 Septuagint Ben Witherington III
400
Maps
407
Index of Ancient Works
417
Index of Ancient Persons
435
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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.

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