Jesus in context : making sense of the historical figure / David Wenham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wenham, David, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in religion, philosophy, and society.

Cambridge studies in religion, philosophy, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Historicity.

Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ--Biography--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 249 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Jesus changed our world forever. But who was he and what do we know about him? David Wenham's accessible volume is a concise and wide-ranging engagement with that enduring and elusive subject. Exploring the sources for Jesus and his scholarly reception, he surveys information from Roman, Jewish, and Christian texts, and also examines the origins of the gospels, as well as the evidence of Paul, who had access to the earliest oral traditions about Jesus. Wenham demonstrates that the Jesus of the New Testament makes sense within the first century CE context in which he lived and preached. He offers a contextualized portrait of Jesus and his teaching; his relationship with John the Baptist and the Qumran community (and the Dead Sea Scrolls); his ethics and the Sermon on the Mount, his successes and disappointments. Wenham also brings insights into Jesus' vision of the future and his understanding of his own death and calling.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Series page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

List of Figures

Preface

Introduction and Purpose of This Book

Part I Setting the Scene

1 Sources for Our Knowledge of Jesus' Context

2 The Historical and Social Contexts

3 The Religious Context

4 Our Sources of Information about Jesus

5 The Writing of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

6 Finding the Historical Jesus

Part II Jesus' Life, Ministry and Teaching: Context and History

7 Beginnings

8 Baptism and John the Baptist

9 Amazing Teacher in Galilee: Parables

10 The Kingdom of God

11 Healings, Miracles and the Son of Man

12 Friend of the 'Poor'

13 Followers and Supporters

14 Following Jesus in Practice: Way of Life

15 Opposition, New Directions, Jesus as Messiah

16 So to Jerusalem: Journey, Arrival, Confrontation

17 Jesus' Vision of the Future and of His Own Divine Authority

18 On the Way to Crucifixion: Why Did Jesus Have to Die?

19 Finale in Jerusalem

20 After the Death of Jesus: Victory?

21 Final Conclusions, and Postscript

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 03 Nov 2021).

ISBN:

9781108757584

1108757588

9781108752237

1108752233

9781108647014

1108647014

OCLC:

1493008213