Excavating Jesus

Author : John Dominic Crossan,Jonathan L. Reed
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061960635

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Excavating Jesus by John Dominic Crossan,Jonathan L. Reed Pdf

The premier historical Jesus scholar joins a brilliant archaeologist to illuminate the life and teaching of Jesus against the background of his world. There have been phenomenal advances in the historical understanding of Jesus and his world and times, but also huge, lesser known advances in first–century Palestine archaeology that explain a great deal about Jesus, his followers, and his teachings. This is the first book that combines the two and it does it in a fresh, accessible way that will interest both biblical scholars and students and also the thousands of lay readers of Biblical Archaeology Review (150,000+ circulation), National Geographic, and other archaeology and ancient history books and magazines. Each chapter of the book focuses on a major modern archaeological or textual discovery and shows how that discovery opens a window onto a major feature of Jesus's life and teachings.

Author : James Riley Strange
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0802869505

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Excavating the Land of Jesus by James Riley Strange Pdf

How do archaeologists unearth the daily life of people from Jesus's time? Contrary to popular belief, archaeology of first-century Roman Galilee is not about illustrating or proving the gospels, drawing timelines, or hunting treasure. Rather, it is about understanding the lives of people, just like us, who lived in the time of Jesus. How do we conceive of Jesus and his mission as part of a larger world? How did different groups in Roman Galilee understand their identities and values? How do we interpret material culture in conjunction with textual evidence from the gospels? On a more basic level, how do we know where and how to dig? James Riley Strange teaches students how to address these problems in Excavating the Land of Jesus. Drawing on professional experience as a scientific archaeologist in Israel, Strange explains current methodology for ground surveying, excavating evidence, and interpreting data. Excavating the Land of Jesus is the ideal textbook for students seeking answers in the dirt of the Holy Land.

Author : John Dominic Crossan,Jonathan L. Reed
Publisher : HarperOne
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0281054886

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Excavating Jesus - UK edition by John Dominic Crossan,Jonathan L. Reed Pdf

Jesus scholar John Dominic Crossan joins archaeologist Jonathan Reed to illuminate the life and teaching of Jesus against the background of his world.

Author : Titus M Kennedy
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780736984690

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Excavating the Evidence for Jesus by Titus M Kennedy Pdf

Examine the Evidence Surrounding Jesus No other figure has impacted history like Jesus. Yet today, he’s often seen as a mythical character whose legend increased over time. So what does the historical and archaeological evidence say about Jesus? Archaeologist Dr. Titus Kennedy has investigated firsthand the discoveries connected to Jesus’ birth, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection. He has visited and excavated where Jesus walked, and examined the artifacts connected to Jesus’ life. Here, he presents an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the research and findings that illuminate the historicity of Christ as presented in the Bible. Excavating the Evidence for Jesus progresses chronologically through the Gospels, noting the many relevant archaeological, historical, geographic, and literary findings. As you read, you’ll be able to decide for yourself whether the evidence confirms the existence and story of Jesus, and determine whether the Gospels are worthy of being approached not as legends, but as history. Further, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the historic basis of Christianity, a richer knowledge of the ancient world, and an evidence-based perspective on the reliability of the Bible.

Author : John Dominic Crossan,Jonathan L. Reed
Publisher : Harper San Francisco
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0060567260

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Excavating Jesus by John Dominic Crossan,Jonathan L. Reed Pdf

Author : Reta Halteman Finger
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802830531

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Of Widows and Meals by Reta Halteman Finger Pdf

Though "community" has become a common byword in the contemporary Western church, the practice of communal sharing has effectively fallen by the wayside. Unfortunately, it is often the poor who are left wanting because we no longer come together. Reta Halteman Finger finds a solution to this modern problem by learning from the ancient Mediterranean Christian culture of community. In the earliest Jerusalem church, in holding the responsibility for preparing and serving communal meals, women were given a place of honor. With the table fellowship and goods sharing of the early church, Luke says, there were no needy persons among them (Acts 4: 34). Finger thoroughly examines this agape-meal tradition, challenging traditional interpretations of the community of goods in the Jerusalem church and proving that the communal sharing lasted for hundreds of years longer than previously assumed. "Of Widows and Meals" begins a discussion of need in community that can revolutionize the contemporary church's interaction with the world at large.

Author : Richard A. Horsley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666707427

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Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine by Richard A. Horsley Pdf

In Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine, Richard A. Horsley offers one of the most comprehensive critical analyses of Jesus of Nazareth's mission and how he became a significant historical figure. Horsley brings a fuller historical knowledge of the context and implications of recent research to bear on the investigation of the historical Jesus. Breaking with the standard focus on isolated individual sayings of Jesus, Horsley argues that the sources for Jesus in historical interaction are the Gospels and the speeches of Jesus that they include, read critically in their historical context. This work challenges the standard assumptions that the historical Jesus has been presented primarily as a sage or apocalyptic visionary. In contrast, based on a critical reconsideration of the Gospels and contemporary sources for Roman imperial rule in Judea and Galilee, Horsley argues that Jesus was fully involved in the conflicted politics of ancient Palestine. Learning from anthropological studies of the more subtle forms of peasant politics, Horsley discerns from these sources how Jesus, as a Moses- and Elijah-like prophet, generated a movement of renewal in Israel that was focused on village communities. This paperback edition is updated with a new preface, bibliography, and indexes.

Author : Douglas E. Oakman
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780800638474

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The Political Aims of Jesus by Douglas E. Oakman Pdf

Amid competing portrayals of the 'cynic Jesus,' the 'peasant Jesus,' and the 'apocalyptic Jesus,' the 'political Jesus' remains a marginal figure. Oakman argues that advances in our understanding of the political economy of Roman Galilee warrant a revival of Reimarus's understanding of Jesus as an instigator of revolutionary change.

Author : James H. Charlesworth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567681560

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Jesus as Mirrored in John by James H. Charlesworth Pdf

James H. Charlesworth begins from a burgeoning point of scholarly consensus: More and more scholars are coming to recognize that the Fourth Gospel is more historically complex than previously thought. Charlesworth outlines two historical horizons within John. On the one hand, there is the Jewish background to the text (complete with the evangelist's knowledge of Palestinian geography and Jewish customs) which Charlesworth perceives as offering a window into pre-70 Palestinian Judaism. On the other hand, the gospel also reflects a post-70 world in which non-believing Jews, with more unity, begin to part definitely with those who identified Jesus as the Messiah. Split into four sections, this volume first examines the origins of the Fourth Gospel, its evolution in several editions, and its setting in Judea and Galilee. Charlesworth then looks specifically at the figure of Jesus and issues of history. He proceeds to consider this Gospel alongside earlier and contemporaneous Jewish literature, most notably the Dead Sea Scrolls. Finally, the volume engages with John's symbolism and language, looking closely at key aspects in which John differs from the Synoptic Gospels, and raising such provocative questions as whether or not it is possible that Jesus married Mary Magdalene. From one of the New Testament's most noted scholars, this book allows deeper understanding of the ways in which the Gospel of John is a vital resource for understanding both the origin of Christianity and Jesus' position in history.

Author : Richard Horsley
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467436908

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The Prophet Jesus and the Renewal of Israel by Richard Horsley Pdf

Debate over whether or not Jesus can be best interpreted within an "apocalyptic scenario" has continued to dominate historical Jesus studies since Schweitzer and Bultmann. In The Prophet Jesus and the Renewal of Israel Richard Horsley shows that the apocalyptic scenario -- with its supposed expectation of "the end of the world," the fiery "last judgment," and "the parousia of the Son of Man" -- is a modern scholarly construct that obscures the particulars of texts, society, and history. Drawing on his wide-ranging earlier scholarship, Horsley refocuses and reformulates investigation of the historical Jesus in a thoroughly relational-contextual approach. He recognizes that the sources for the historical Jesus are not separate sayings, but rather the sustained Gospel narratives of Jesus' mission. Horsley's new approach finds Jesus the popular prophet engaged in a movement of renewal, resistance, and judgment against Roman imperialism, Jerusalem rulers, and the Pharisees.

Author : Paul Rhodes Eddy,Gregory A. Boyd
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441200334

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The Jesus Legend by Paul Rhodes Eddy,Gregory A. Boyd Pdf

Even mature Christians have trouble defending the person and divinity of Christ. The Jesus Legend builds a convincing interdisciplinary case for the unique and plausible position of Jesus in human history. He was real and his presence on the planet has been well-documented. The authors of the New Testament didn't plant evidence, though each writer did tell the truth from a unique perspective. This book carefully investigates the Gospel portraits of Jesus--particularly the Synoptic Gospels--assessing what is reliable history and fictional legend. The authors contend that a cumulative case for the general reliability of the Synoptic Gospels can be made and boldly challenge those who question the veracity of the Jesus found there.

Author : Michael Welker
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802871572

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God the Revealed by Michael Welker Pdf

God revealed himself in Jesus Christ! Christian faith has confessed and proclaimed this message for nearly two thousand years. But what does it really mean? In God the Revealed Michael Welker delves into this declaration and shows how it offers genuine insight into Christian faith. He asks Who is Jesus Christ for us today? and approaches the answer from five different angles -- the historical Jesus, the resurrection, the cross, the reign of Christ, and eschatology. Uniquely, Welker argues for the need to place historical Jesus research in a Christology and proposes a Fourth Quest for the historical Jesus.

Author : James K. Beilby,Paul Rhodes Eddy
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830878536

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The Historical Jesus by James K. Beilby,Paul Rhodes Eddy Pdf

Christianity Today Book Award winner The scholarly quest for the historical Jesus has a distinguished pedigree in modern Western religious and historical scholarship, with names such as Strauss, Schweitzer and Bultmann highlighting the story. Since the early 1990s, when the Jesus quest was reawakened for a third run, numerous significant books have emerged. And the public's attention has been regularly arrested by media coverage, with the Jesus Seminar or the James ossuary headlining the marquee. This Spectrum Multiview volume provides a venue for readers to sit in on a virtual seminar on the historical Jesus. Beginning with a scene-setting historical introduction by the editors, prominent figures in the Jesus quest set forth their views and respond to their fellow scholars. On the one end Robert M. Price lucidly maintains that the probability of Jesus' existence has reached the "vanishing point," and on the other Darrell Bock ably argues that while critical method yields only a "gist" of Jesus, it takes us in the direction of the Gospel portraits. In between there are numerous avenues to explore, questions to be asked and "assured results" to be weighed. And John Dominic Crossan, Luke Timothy Johnson and James D. G. Dunn probe these issues with formidable knowledge and honed insight, filling out a further range of options. The Historical Jesus: Five Views offers a unique entry into the Jesus quest. For both the classroom and personal study, this is a book that fascinates, probes and engages. Spectrum Multiview Books offer a range of viewpoints on contested topics within Christianity, giving contributors the opportunity to present their position and also respond to others in this dynamic publishing format.

Author : Frank R. Stirk
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666756326

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What Was Jesus Thinking? by Frank R. Stirk Pdf

No one could ever get fully inside the mind of Jesus, but we can gain important insights through a better understanding of the contexts in which he spoke and acted. For example, with whom was he speaking and interacting in that moment? Where did this take place? How can the events of the history of the period in general, and the many new and often unexpected archaeological discoveries, in particular from the time of Jesus, enhance our understanding of what he was thinking? And what light can the answers to these and related questions shed on what we already know about Jesus from the Four Gospels? This book attempts to provide some answers to these questions with the intent of leading the reader toward a deeper understanding of his wholly human yet wholly divine character. This in turn will hopefully create a deeper and more grounded faith.

Author : J. Timothy Allen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532600371

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Help My Unbelief! by J. Timothy Allen Pdf

Help My Unbelief! is for a small but growing number of Christians who are asking critical questions about their faith, their church’s history, and the Bible. Around the 60s CE doubts arose as tensions within Judaism escalated, questions about Jesus and his delayed return were voiced, and Roman persecutions intensified. Jesus was one of a number of itinerant preachers, miracle-workers, and insurrectionaries. What set him apart from others? Using the Gospel of Mark the author demonstrates that doubts existed within the early Christian community. Doubting Christians can take comfort that Mark addressed these issues then and thus provides a guide for living in today’s ever-questioning world of faith.