The historical Jesus in context / Amy-Jill Levine, Dale C. Allison, Jr., and John Dominic Crossan, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Levine, Amy-Jill, 1956- editor.

Allison Jr., Dale C., editor.

Crossan, John Dominic, editor.

Series:

Princeton readings in religions.

Princeton readings in religions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Historicity.

Jesus Christ.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (455 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Historical Jesus in Context is a landmark collection that places the gospel narratives in their full literary, social, and archaeological context. More than twenty-five internationally recognized experts offer new translations and descriptions of a broad range of texts that shed new light on the Jesus of history, including pagan prayers and private inscriptions, miracle tales and martyrdoms, parables and fables, divorce decrees and imperial propaganda. The translated materials--from Christian, Coptic, and Jewish as well as Greek, Roman, and Egyptian texts--extend beyond single phrases to encompass the full context, thus allowing readers to locate Jesus in a broader cultural setting than is usually made available. This book demonstrates that only by knowing the world in which Jesus lived and taught can we fully understand him, his message, and the spread of the Gospel. Gathering in one place material that was previously available only in disparate sources, this formidable book provides innovative insight into matters no less grand than first-century Jewish and Gentile life, the composition of the Gospels, and Jesus himself.

Contents:

Front matter

Princeton Readings in Religions

CONTENTS

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Levine, Amy-Jill

1. Archaeological Contributions to the Study of Jesus and the Gospels / Reed, Jonathan L.

2. Josephus on John the Baptist and Other Jewish Prophets of Deliverance / Evans, Craig A.

3. Abba and Father: Imperial Theology in the Contexts of Jesus and the Gospels / D'Angelo, Mary Rose

4. Miraculous Conceptions and Births in Mediterranean Antiquity / Talbert, Charles H.

5. First and Second Enoch: A Cry against Oppression and the Promise of Deliverance / Nickelsburg, George W. E.

6. Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls / Flint, Peter

7. The Chreia / Gowler, David B.

8. The Galilean Charismatic and Rabbinic Piety: The Holy Man in the Talmudic Literature / Avery-Peck, Alan J.

9. Miracle Stories: The God Asclepius, the Pythagorean Philosophers, and the Roman Rulers / Cotter, C. S. J. Wendy

10. The Mithras Liturgy / Meyer, Marvin

11. Apuleius of Madauros / Henderson, Ian H.

12. The Parable in the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinic Literature / Porton, Gary G.

13. The Aesop Tradition / Wills, Lawrence M.

14. Targum, Jesus, and the Gospels / Chilton, Bruce

15. The Psalms of Solomon / Trafton, Joseph L.

16. Moral and Ritual Purity / Klawans, Jonathan

17. Gospel and Talmud / Basser, Herbert W.

18. Philo of Alexandria / Sterling, Gregory E.

19. The Law of Roman Divorce in the Time of Christ / McGinn, Thomas A. J.

20. Associations in the Ancient World / Kloppenborg, John S.

21. Anointing Traditions / Hornsby, Teresa J.

22. The Passover Haggadah / Carmichael, Calum

23. Joseph and Aseneth: Food as an Identity Marker / Chesnutt, Randall D.

24. The Pliny and Trajan Correspondence / Peper, Bradley M. / DelCogliano, Mark

25. Imitations of Greek Epic in the Gospels / MacDonald, Dennis R.

26. Narratives of Noble Death / Doran, Robert

27. Isaiah 53:1-12 (Septuagint) / Witherington, Ben

28. Thallus on the Crucifixion / Allison, Dale C. Jr.

Maps

Glossary

Index of Ancient Works

Index of Ancient Persons

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

Description based on print record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612158315

9781282158313

1282158317

9781400827374

140082737X

OCLC:

436060084