Research Catalog

Title

Jesus in context : making sense of the historical figure / David Wenham.

Author

Wenham, David

Publication

• Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2021]
• ©2021

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Details

Description

xii, 249 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.

Summary

Jesus changed our world forever. But who was he and what do we know about him? David Wenham's accessible volume is a concise and wide-ranging engagement with that enduring and elusive subject. Exploring the sources for Jesus and his scholarly reception, he surveys information from Roman, Jewish, and Christian texts, and also examines the origins of the gospels, as well as the evidence of Paul, who had access to the earliest oral traditions about Jesus. Wenham demonstrates that the Jesus of the New Testament makes sense within the first century CE context in which he lived and preached. He offers a contextualized portrait of Jesus and his teaching; his relationship with John the Baptist and the Qumran community (and the Dead Sea Scrolls); his ethics and the Sermon on the Mount, his successes and disappointments. Wenham also brings insights into Jesus' vision of the future and his understanding of his own death and calling.

Series Statement

Cambridge studies in religion, philosophy, and society

Uniform Title

Cambridge studies in religion, philosophy, and society.

Subject

• Jesus Christ > Biography > Sources
• Jesus Christ > Historicity
• Jesus Christ
• Biography
• Historicity of Jesus Christ

Genre/Form

Sources.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-245) and index.

Contents

Sources for Our Knowledge of Jesus' Context -- The Historical and Social Contexts -- The Religious Context -- Our Sources of Information about Jesus -- The Writing of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John -- Finding the Historical Jesus -- Beginnings -- Baptism and John the Baptist -- Amazing Teacher in Galilee: Parables -- The Kingdom of God -- Healings, Micracles and the Son of Man -- Friend of the 'Poor' -- Followers and Supporters -- Following Jesus in Practice: Way of Life -- Opposition, New Directions, Jesus as Messiah -- So to Jerusalem: Journey, Arrival, Confrontation -- Jesus' Vision of the Future and of His Own Divine Authority -- On the Way to Crucifixion: Why Did Jesus Have to Die? -- Finale in Jerusalem -- After the Death of Jesus: Victory? -- Final Conclusions, and Postscript.

Call Number

JFE 22-1733

ISBN

• 1108476260
• 9781108476263
• 9781108700047
• 1108700047

OCLC

1251503571

Author

Wenham, David, author.

Title

Jesus in context : making sense of the historical figure / David Wenham.

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2021]

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge studies in religion, philosophy, and society

Cambridge studies in religion, philosophy, and society.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-245) and index.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781108647014

Research Call Number

JFE 22-1733