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The first part of this book attempts to situate Jesus in his historical and cultural context through comparisons with the prayers, parables, prophecies, and miracles attributed to various Jewish figures of Palestine who are Jesus' near contemporaries. It is concluded that Jesus' teachings and activities do not represent a radical break with the piety and restorative hopes of many of his contemporaries. This conclusion stands in tension with some of the recent Jesus research, especially emanating from the Jesus Seminar, which tends to view Jesus as a Stoic or Cynic philosopher with little interest in the restoration of Israel and the fulfilment of prophecy.
The second part of the book explores the aims of Jesus and the factors that led to Jesus' death.
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The second part of the book explores the aims of Jesus and the factors that led to Jesus' death.
This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.
Price: $289.00
Pages: 534
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums
Publication Date:
01 January 1995
ISBN: 9789004102798
Format: Other
'This historically sober work offers serious challenges to the views of such scholars as Crossan, Koester, and Mack, while placing Jesus squarely in his Jewish Palestinian environment. This is careful historical reconstruciton at its best.'
Paul Moser, New Metzger Festschrift, 1995.
'For those interested in learning about the real historical Jesus in his first century cultural context and not the imagined Jesus of many contemporary scholars, Evans' book is a place to continue that study.'
Ed. Religious and Theological Studies Fellowship Bulletin, 1995.
'Evans is to be congratulated on producing quite a coherent work from various fragments. Above all, he has succeeded in producing a work which both makes a point [...] and can serve as a reference work. ...an excellent work.'
Clive Marsh Theology, 1996.
'This large and beautifully printed collection of essays is an excellent resource for the current discussion of the historical Jesus, and itself a substantial contribution to the discussion.'
M. Eugene Boring, Shofar, 1996.
'...soundly based, tightly argued and massively well documented...the familiarity with original sources, impressive coverage of scholarly literature and clear-headed style of argument make this collection a treasury for scholars concerned with historical Jesus questions.'
L.W. Hurtado, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1999.
Paul Moser, New Metzger Festschrift, 1995.
'For those interested in learning about the real historical Jesus in his first century cultural context and not the imagined Jesus of many contemporary scholars, Evans' book is a place to continue that study.'
Ed. Religious and Theological Studies Fellowship Bulletin, 1995.
'Evans is to be congratulated on producing quite a coherent work from various fragments. Above all, he has succeeded in producing a work which both makes a point [...] and can serve as a reference work. ...an excellent work.'
Clive Marsh Theology, 1996.
'This large and beautifully printed collection of essays is an excellent resource for the current discussion of the historical Jesus, and itself a substantial contribution to the discussion.'
M. Eugene Boring, Shofar, 1996.
'...soundly based, tightly argued and massively well documented...the familiarity with original sources, impressive coverage of scholarly literature and clear-headed style of argument make this collection a treasury for scholars concerned with historical Jesus questions.'
L.W. Hurtado, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1999.
Craig A. Evans, Ph.D. (1983) in Religious Studies, Claremont Graduate School, is Professor of Biblical Studies and Director of the Graduate Program in Biblical Studies at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. He has published extensively on Jesus and the Gospels, including Life of Jesus Research: An Annotated Bibliography (Brill, 1989) and Studying the Historical Jesus: Evaluations of the State of Current Research (Brill, 1994), which he co-edited with Bruce Chilton.