Jesus and the politics of Roman Palestine / Richard A. Horsley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horsley, Richard A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Historicity.

Jesus Christ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comprehensive critical analysis of the historical Jesus examines his mission and involvement in the conflicted politics of ancient Palestine. In Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine, Richard A. Horsley brings the context and implications of recent historical research to bear on our understanding of Jesus of Nazareth. Based on a critical reconsideration of the Gospels and contemporary sources for Roman imperial rule in Judea and Galilee, Horsley argues that Jesus was deeply concerned with the politics of his day. Drawing on anthropological studies of peasant politics, Horsley discerns how Jesus, as a Moses- and Elijah-like prophet, generated a movement of renewal in Israel that was focused on village communities. Following the traditional prophetic pattern, Jesus pronounced God's judgment against the rulers in Jerusalem and their Roman patrons. This confrontation with the Jerusalem rulers and his martyrdom at the hands of the Roman governor, however, became the breakthrough that empowered the rapid expansion of his movement in the immediately ensuing decades. In the broader context of this comprehensive historical construction of Jesus's mission, Horsley also presents a fresh new analysis of Jesus's healings and exorcisms and his conflict with the Pharisees, topics that have been generally neglected in the last several decades.

Contents:

Getting the whole story

Jesus and the politics of Roman Palestine

Jesus and imperial violence

Illness and possession, healing and exorcism

Renewal of covenantal community

Conflict with the Scribes and Pharisees

Crucifixion as breakthrough.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781611172942

1611172942

OCLC:

871635828