Crossan, John Dominic.

The historical Jesus : the life of a Mediterranean Jewish peasant / John Dominic Crossan. - 1st ed. - San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, 1991. - xxxiv, 506 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-485) and indexes.

Overture: The gospel of Jesus -- Prologue: The historical Jesus -- Part I. Brokered empire. Then and now ; War and peace ; Slave and patron ; Poverty and freedom -- Part II. Embattled brokerage. Aristocrat and historian ; Visionary and teacher ; Peasant and protester ; Magician and prophet ; Bandit and messiah ; Rebel and revolutionary -- Part III. Brokerless kingdom. John and Jesus ; Kingdom and wisdom ; Magic and meal ; Death and burial ; Resurrection and authority -- Epilogue -- Appendixes.

Reveals the historical Jesus by combining peasant anthropology, ancient history, and textual analysis.

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Jesus Christ--Biography.
Jesus Christ--Biography--History and criticism.
Jesus Christ.


New Testament.--Gospels--History of contemporary events.


Biography.


Biography.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.

BT 301.2 / .C76 1991