The Judas brief : who really killed Jesus? / Gary Greenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenberg, Gary, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Betrayal.

Jesus Christ.

Betrayal.

Betrayal of Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ--Passion.

Passion of Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ--Relations with Jews.

Jesus Christ--Historicity.

Historicity of Jesus Christ.

Relations with Jews.

Physical Description:

ix, 282 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, 2007.

Summary:

The Judas Brief challenges the fundamental Gospel concept that at least some leading Jews played a key role in having Jesus executed. Author Gary Greenberg provides a detailed examination of all Gospel accounts of hostile interaction between Jesus and the Jews, with special attention to the Gospel accounts of the Jewish and Roman trials of Jesus. He then compares these Gospel reports with the historical evidence and reaches some surprising and controversial conclusions.

Contents:

Jews in the dock; Pilate in the choir

The Gospels : fact, fiction, or speculation?

Early non-Gospel passion accounts

Religious outlaws in Roman Israel

Pilate outside of the Gospels

Was Pilate that bad?

What do we really know about Judas?

Pharisees, Sadducees, Herodians, and priests

Jesus in Jerusalem

The arrest

The Jewish proceedings

The Roman proceedings : a Gospel overview

The Roman proceedings : a critical review

What really happened?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-276) and index.

ISBN:

9780826489999

0826489990

OCLC:

81941977