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The figure of Jesus has fascinated Western civilization for centuries. As the year 2000 approaches, eliciting connections with Jesus' birth and return, excitement grows â as does the number of studies about Jesus. Cutting through this mass of material, Whose Historical Jesus? provides a collection of penetrating, jargon-free, intelligently organized essays that convey well both the centrality and the complexity of deciphering the historical Jesus. Contributors include such eminent scholars as John Dominic Crossan, Burton L. Mack, Seà n Freyne and Peter Richardson. Essays range from traditional to modern and postmodern and address both recent and enduring concerns. Introductions and reflections augment these lucid essays, provide context and help the reader focus on the issues at stake. Whose Historical Jesus? will be of interest to all who wish to understand the current controversies and historical debates, who want insightful critiques of those views or who would like guidance on the direction of future studies.

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Table of Contents for Whose Historical Jesus? edited by William E. Arnal and Michel Desjardins Preface | Michel Desjardins, Wilfrid Laurier University Part One: Recent Concerns The Mediterranean Jesus 1. The Mediterranean Jesus: Context | William Klassen, Emmanuel College 2. Itinerants and Householders in the Earliest Jesus Movement | John Dominic Crossan, De Paul University 3. Q and a Cynic-Like Jesus | Burton L. Mack, Claremont Graduate School 4. The Gospel of Thomas and the Cynic Jesus | John W. Marshall, Princeton University The Galilean Jewish Jesus 5. The Galilean Jewish Jesus: Context | William E. Arnal, University of Toronto 6. Galilean Questions to Crossanâs Meditteranean Jesus | Seà n Freyne, Trinity College Socio-Rhetorical Interests 7. Socio-Rhetorical Interests: Context | Willi Braun, Bishopâs University 8. The Rhetoric of the Historical Jesus | L. Gregory Bloomquist, Université St. Paul 9. Cosmology and the Jesus Miracles | Wendy Cotter, Loyola University of Chicago 10. The Theological Importance of the âThird Questâ for the Historical Jesus | Halvor Moxnes, University of Oslo Academic Engagement 11. Academic Engagement: Context | Sandra Walker-Ramisch, Carleton University 12. A Feminist Experience of Historical-Jesus Scholarship | Jane Schaberg, University of Detroit Mercy 13. The Historical Jesus and African New Testament Scholarship | Grant LeMarquand, Wycliffe College Recent Concerns: Closing Thoughts Recent Concerns: The Scholar as Engagé | Leif E. Vaage, Emmanuel College Part Two: Enduring Concerns Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls 15. Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Context | Terence L. Donaldson, College of Emmanuel and St. Cloud 16. The Historical Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls | Wayne O. McCready, University of Calgary Apocalypticism 17. Apocalypticism: Context | Dietmar Neufeld, University of British Columbia 18. Will the Reader Understand? Apocalypse as Veil or Vision in Recent Historical-Jesus Research | Edith M. Humphrey, McGill University The Christ of Faith 19. The Christ of Faith: Context | Stephen Westerholm, McMaster University 20. Is the âHistorical Jesusâ a Christological Construct? | Barry W. Henaut, University of Toronto Continuing Historical-Jesus Studies 21. Continuing Historical-Jesus Studies: Context | Robert L. Webb, Campion College 22. A Taxonomy of Recent Historical-Jesus Work | Larry W. Hurtado, New College Enduring Concerns: Closing Thoughts Enduring Concerns: Desiderata for Future Historical-Jesus Research | Paul Richardson, University of Toronto Conclusion Making and Re-Making the Jesus Sign: Contemporary Markings on the Body of Christ | William E. Arnal, University of Toronto Contributors Indices Subject Index Modern Authors Index Ancient Sources Index

About the Author :
William E. Arnal is an assistant professor in the Department of Religion and Classics at New York University. Michel Desjardins is Associate Professor in the Department of Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Review :
"There is hardly an unworthy essay in the lot and I should expect that Whose Historical Jesus? will soon win a place of distinction in the bibliography of historical Jesus scholarship. It is to the credit of the editors and contributors that the essays form a genuine conversation that is courteous, learned, and unmarked by the rancour that sometimes infects this field." -- James H. Olthuis -- University of Toronto Quarterly "The volume deserves careful reading by all Jesus scholars." -- Scot McKnight -- The Catholic Biblical Quarterly "The strength of this volume is its diversity of voice, topic and form which allows it to be at once representative and venturesome, accessible and learned, Canadian and international, etc. I have used many of the essays successfully with both graduate and undergraduate students, either as representative samples of Historical Jesus Research or as welcome challenges to the usual fare. Warmly recommended." -- Ian H. Henderson, McGill University -- ARC "...rich collection of thought-provoking and at times amusing essays...." -- Matt Davis -- Books in Canada "What distinguishes Whose Historical Jesus? is not only its reliable and nuanced map of the avalanche area, but the remarkable level of theoretical sophistication of its analysis -- not only describing the various differences that exist, but trying to give an account of those differences that show what is at stake for humanistic scholarship. It is also a mark of distinction that the essays are edited so that they engage in a genuine internal conversation rather than talking past each other, a feature that is partly due to labour of the editors, Arnal and Desjardins, and partly to the collegial atmosphere cultivated in the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies in its 1993 and 1994 meetings, where most of these papers were first presented....Arnal's retrospective (`Contemporary markings on the body of Christ') is practically worth the cost of the book itself....Throughout there is an effort to engage the best of Jesus scholarship with care and generosity and without the rancour that sometimes infects this field." -- John S. Kloppenborg -- Studies in Religion "William E. Arnal and Michel Desjardins have put together a valuable and substantive collection, providing essays from leading Canadian scholars, along with those from the U.S., Ireland, Scotland and Norway. It should be in every college, university and seminary library; anyone doing Jesus research needs to engage these fine contributions. I would also recommend it as a supplementary reader for advanced undergraduates, seminary and graduate courses on the ``Historical Jesus." -- K.C. Hanson, St. Olaf College -- Toronto Journal of Theology


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  • ISBN-13: 9780889203846
  • Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0889203849
  • Publisher Date: 30 Oct 2010
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 352


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