Ebook: The historical Jesus : a guide for the perplexed
Author: Jesus Christ Jesus Christ., Bond Helen K
- Tags: Jesus Christ -- Historicity. Religion. RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Christology. Jesus Christ. Historicity of Jesus Christ.
- Series: Guides for the perplexed
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
- City: London
- Language: English
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The introduction to this new guide sets out the sources (Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Christian), noting the problems connected with them, paying particular attention to the nature of the gospels, and the Synoptic versus the Johannine tradition. A substantial section will discuss scholarship on Jesus from the nineteenth century to the explosion of works in the present day, introducing and explaining the three different Read more...
Abstract: The introduction to this new guide sets out the sources (Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Christian), noting the problems connected with them, paying particular attention to the nature of the gospels, and the Synoptic versus the Johannine tradition. A substantial section will discuss scholarship on Jesus from the nineteenth century to the explosion of works in the present day, introducing and explaining the three different quests for the historical Jesus. Subsequent chapters will analyse key themes in historical Jesus research: Jesus Galilean origins; the scope of his ministry and models of holy men, p