Whose Historical Jesus? by
jargon-free, organized essays that convey both the centrality and the complexity of deciphering the historical Jesus. Essays range from traditional to modern and postmodern and address both recent and enduring concerns and provide context and help the reader focus on the issues at stake.
Jesus: A Very Short Introduction by
evaluating the sources and concluding that they provide us with good historical evidence for Jesus' life and teaching. looks at Jewish religion and society in the land of Israel under Roman rule. He explores Jesus' symbolic practices as well as his teachings, looks at his public career.
Jesus in Context : power, people, & performance by
evidence on popular movements, the dynamics of oral tradition, and reading history 'from below' . picture of Jesus in the light of recent approaches that alter how we understand the social context in which Jesus lived.
Constructing Jesus: memory, imagination, and history by
calls for applying what we know about the function of human memory to our reading of the Gospels in order to "construct Jesus" more soundly.
: Jesus against Rome, then and nowGod and Empire by
In contrast to the oppressive Roman military occupation of the first century, he examines the meaning of the non-violent Kingdom of God prophesied by Jesus and the equality advocated by Paul to the early Christian churches. contrasts these messages of peace with the misinterpreted apocalyptic vision from the Book of Revelation. surveys the Bible from Genesis to Apocalypse,
Racializing Jesus: race, ideology, and the formation of modern biblical scholarship by
shows how the major intellectual movements of the modern world, such as Orientalism and romantic nationalism, become infused with the category of race. traces the processes through which racially-grounded thinking has influenced modern biblical scholarship. Online available.
Jesus and Judaism by
treats Jesus intention and his relationship to his contemporaries in Judaism. also: the reason for his death and the motivating force behind the rise of Christianity. Online available.
A Marginal Jew by
5 (lengthy!) volumes. Online available. Limitless detail.
John the Baptist and Jesus: a report of the Jesus Seminar by
Questions concerning the historical John the Baptist and Jesus. summary of the deliberations and votes of the Seminar, together with a concise sketch of the historical figure of John the Baptist.
The Jesus Seminar and Its Critics by
a member of the Seminar, Robert Miller, examines its agenda and its inner deliberations, dissecting the rationale of the Seminar's historical work and explaining what its findings portend.
Finding the Historical Jesus (Jesus Seminar Guides) by
looks at where one begins the search for the historical Jesus. explores what the rules or criteria are for sorting through the evidence.
Jesus Reconsidered: scholarship in the public eye by
invites readers to step inside scholarly debates and discussions previously obscured by jargon and obfuscation. begins with the opening remarks of Jesus Seminar founder at its first meeting in March 1985.
Jesus the Magician by
looking closely at the descriptions of miracles and demons in the New Testament and explaining the mythology of the time, provides evidence for the case of Jesus as a magician. Online available.
Jesus the Jew by
In contrast to depictions of Jesus as a wandering Cynic teacher, offers a portrait based on evidence of charismatic activity in first-century Galilee. titles of Jesus: prophet, Lord, Messiah, son of man, Son of God, can be understood in this historical context.
The Historical Jesus: the life of a Mediterranean Jewish peasant by
includes Crossan's determination of Jesus' words and actions stripped of any subsequent additions. Jesus 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. Online available.
Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews by
an observant Jew of his time, a prophetic teacher who traveled through the villages of Galilee and frequently in and around Jerusalem. Why was crucifixion chosen as the means of execution? If Jesus was executed as a political insurrectionist, why were none of his followers executed or even arrested? Online available.
Jesus and the Village Scribes by
challenges Gerd Theissen's dominant thesis of "wandering radicals" as the earliest spreaders of the Jesus tradition. the context of the Jesus movement, and of Q in particular, is the socio-economic crisis in Galilee under the Romans; the formation of Q is the product of Galilean village scribes in the Jesus movement reacting to the negative developments in Galilee that affected their social standing.
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