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.
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Biography. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Biographies.