The Historical Jesus in Context / / ed. by Dale C. Allison, Amy-Jill Levine, John Dominic Crossan.

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• MitwirkendeR: Allison, Dale C. Jr.,; Avery-Peck, Alan J.,; Basser, Herbert W.,; Carmichael, Calum,; Chesnutt, Randall D.,; Chilton, Bruce,; Cotter, C. S. J. Wendy,; DelCogliano, Mark,; Doran, Robert,; D’Angelo, Mary Rose,; Evans, Craig A.,; Flint, Peter,; Gowler, David B.,; Henderson, Ian H.,; Hornsby, Teresa J.,; Klawans, Jonathan,; Kloppenborg, John S.,; Levine, Amy-Jill,; MacDonald, Dennis R.,; McGinn, Thomas A. J.,; Meyer, Marvin,; Nickelsburg, George W. E.,; Peper, Bradley M.,; Porton, Gary G.,; Reed, Jonathan L.,; Sterling, Gregory E.,; Talbert, Charles H.,; Trafton, Joseph L.,; Wills, Lawrence M.,; Witherington, Ben,
• HerausgeberIn: Allison, Dale C.,; Crossan, John Dominic,; Levine, Amy-Jill,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Readings in Religions ; 31
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (456 p.) :; 1 table.

The Historical Jesus in Context is a landmark collection that places the gospel narratives in their full literary, social, and archaeological context. More than twenty-five internationally recognized experts offer new translations and descriptions of a broad range of texts that shed new light on the...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Princeton Readings in Religions
• CONTENTS
• Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Archaeological Contributions to the Study of Jesus and the Gospels
• 2. Josephus on John the Baptist and Other Jewish Prophets of Deliverance
• 3. Abba and Father: Imperial Theology in the Contexts of Jesus and the Gospels
• 4. Miraculous Conceptions and Births in Mediterranean Antiquity
• 5. First and Second Enoch: A Cry against Oppression and the Promise of Deliverance
• 6. Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls
• 7. The Chreia
• 8. The Galilean Charismatic and Rabbinic Piety: The Holy Man in the Talmudic Literature
• 9. Miracle Stories: The God Asclepius, the Pythagorean Philosophers, and the Roman Rulers
• 10. The Mithras Liturgy
• 11. Apuleius of Madauros
• 12. The Parable in the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinic Literature
• 13. The Aesop Tradition
• 14. Targum, Jesus, and the Gospels
• 15. The Psalms of Solomon
• 16. Moral and Ritual Purity
• 17. Gospel and Talmud
• 18. Philo of Alexandria
• 19. The Law of Roman Divorce in the Time of Christ
• 20. Associations in the Ancient World
• 21. Anointing Traditions
• 22. The Passover Haggadah
• 23. Joseph and Aseneth: Food as an Identity Marker
• 24. The Pliny and Trajan Correspondence
• 25. Imitations of Greek Epic in the Gospels
• 26. Narratives of Noble Death
• 27. Isaiah 53:1–12 (Septuagint)
• 28. Thallus on the Crucifixion
• Maps
• Glossary
• Index of Ancient Works
• Index of Ancient Persons