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By bringing together all of the available evidence on the life of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, this book offers a compelling biography of His time on Earth.
Looking at sources such as the gospels, inscriptions, early Church writings, the apocryphal gospels and more, readers will be able to vividly visualise Jesus’ life and his First-Century Jewish cultural context.
If you've ever wondered about the impact of Jesus' social class on his ministry; the influence on His disciples of contemporary resistance movements; or the prominent role of women in the disciple community, then allow this book to challenge and deepen your understanding of the Jesus described in the Bible.
Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 1. A conversation of many "voices". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2. Back-story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 3. "O little town of Bethlehem". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 4. Growing up in "Galilee of the Gentiles". . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 5. "A voice crying in the wilderness" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Chapter 6. "The kingdom of heaven is at hand". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Chapter 7. A band of brothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Chapter 8. A band of... sisters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Chapter 9. The "good news": what exactly was it?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Chapter 10. "Broods of vipers" or "stalwarts of national life"?. . . . 141
Chapter 11. Escalating crisis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Chapter 12. Enter the Romans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Chapter 13. "Tell no one..." A secret messiah? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Chapter 14. "O Jerusalem..." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Chapter 15. From Palm Sunday to the Last Supper. . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Chapter 16. Messiah on trial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Chapter 17. The death of Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Chapter 18. "On the third day". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
About the authors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280