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Author | : Gerd Theissen |
Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 374 |
Release | : 2002-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780664225377 |
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Should the dissimilarity between Jesus and early Christianity or between Jesus and Judaism be the central criteria for the historical Jesus? Gerd Theissen and Dagmar Winter argue that the criterion of dissimilarity does not do justice to the single most important result of more than two-hundred years of Jesus research: that the historical Jesus belongs to both Judaism and Christianity. The two authors propose a criterion of historical plausibility so that historical phenomenon under question can be considered authentic so long as it can be plausibly understood in its Jewish context and also facilitates a plausible explanation for its later effects in Christian history. This book is a cooperative project between Dagmar Winter and Gerd Theissen and represents the fruit of many years of their research on the historical Jesus.
Author | : Rex Weyler |
Publisher | : House of Anansi |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0887848192 |
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Is it possible to reconcile Jesus, the Prince of Peace, with religious violence? From the Inquisition to the burning of women healers to modern pedophilia scandals, spiritual leaders and followers are deeply divided about how to reconcile the teachings of Jesus with the atrocities of church history. How did his message get misinterpreted, and what relevance does that message have in the 21st century? Here, critically acclaimed author and social historian Rex Weyler explores the mystery surrounding the historical Jesus, whose voice and words have been distorted by centuries of revision. By examining the research of international Bible scholars and some 200 ancient sources, including the recently discovered Gospels of Thomas and Mary, Weyler recreates the life of Jesus and his legacy, from the Roman Empire to the present day. Combining popular history with modern scholarship, The Jesus Sayings is a revelatory and highly readable work that entertains, inspires, and enlightens.
Author | : Thomas L. Brodie |
Publisher | : Sheffield Phoenix Press Limited |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781907534584 |
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In the past forty years, while historical-critical studies were seeking with renewed intensity to reconstruct events behind the biblical texts, not least the life of Jesus, two branches of literary studies were finally reaching maturity. First, researchers were recognizing that many biblical texts are rewritings or transformations of older texts that still exist, thus giving a clearer sense of where the biblical texts came from; and second, studies in the ancient art of composition clarified the biblical texts' unity and purpose, that is to say, where biblical texts were headed. The work of tracing literary indebtedness and art is far from finished but it is already possible and necessary to draw a conclusion: it is that, bluntly, Jesus did not exist as a historical individual. This is not as negative as may at first appear. In a deeply personal coda, Brodie begins to develop a new vision of Jesus as an icon of God's presence in the world and in human history.
Author | : Albert Schweitzer |
Publisher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 612 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781451403541 |
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This groundbreaking work, which established the reputation of Albert Schweitzer as a theologian, traces the search for the historical figure of Jesus (apart from the Christ of faith) and establishes the author's own views.
Author | : Albert Schweitzer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 1910 |
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ISBN | : |
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Author | : Gerd Theissen |
Publisher | : SCM Press |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2014-07-24 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0334047897 |
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Combining New Testament study with the terseness of thriller writing, Theissen conveys the Gospel story in the imaginative prose of a novel. This is a story of our times, or how the gospels might have turned out if they were written by John Le Carre: racy, readable and full of incident.
Author | : Richard C. Carrier |
Publisher | : Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2012-04-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1616145609 |
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This in-depth discussion of New Testament scholarship and the challenges of history as a whole proposes Bayes’s Theorem, which deals with probabilities under conditions of uncertainty, as a solution to the problem of establishing reliable historical criteria. The author demonstrates that valid historical methods—not only in the study of Christian origins but in any historical study—can be described by, and reduced to, the logic of Bayes’s Theorem. Conversely, he argues that any method that cannot be reduced to this theorem is invalid and should be abandoned. Writing with thoroughness and clarity, the author explains Bayes’s Theorem in terms that are easily understandable to professional historians and laypeople alike, employing nothing more than well-known primary school math. He then explores precisely how the theorem can be applied to history and addresses numerous challenges to and criticisms of its use in testing or justifying the conclusions that historians make about the important persons and events of the past. The traditional and established methods of historians are analyzed using the theorem, as well as all the major "historicity criteria" employed in the latest quest to establish the historicity of Jesus. The author demonstrates not only the deficiencies of these approaches but also ways to rehabilitate them using Bayes’s Theorem. Anyone with an interest in historical methods, how historical knowledge can be justified, new applications of Bayes’s Theorem, or the study of the historical Jesus will find this book to be essential reading.
Author | : Craig S. Keener |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 870 |
Release | : 2012-04-13 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0802868886 |
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The earliest substantive sources available for historical Jesus research are in the Gospels themselves; when interpreted in their early Jewish setting, their picture of Jesus is more coherent and plausible than are the competing theories offered by many modern scholars. So argues Craig Keener in The Historical Jesus of the Gospels. In exploring the depth and riches of the material found in the Synoptic Gospels, Keener shows how many works on the historical Jesus emphasize just one aspect of the Jesus tradition against others, but a much wider range of material in the Jesus tradition makes sense in an ancient Jewish setting. Keener masterfully uses a broad range of evidence from the early Jesus traditions and early Judaism to reconstruct a fuller portrait of the Jesus who lived in history.
Author | : Gary R. Habermas |
Publisher | : College Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780899007328 |
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Rev. ed. of: Ancient evidence for the life of Jesus. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author | : Kelly Monroe Kullberg |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2009-04-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830837205 |
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Engaging narrative and provocative content come together in this mind-stretching and heart-challenging journey. Come with Kelly Monroe Kullberg on an intellectual road trip as The Veritas Forum explores the deepest questions of the university world and the culture at large. Discover that Veritas transcends philosophy or religion and instead brings us to true life.