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Jesus as a figure in history : how modern historians view the man from Galilee / Mark Allen Powell. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, (c)1998.Edition: first editionDescription: 238 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780664257033
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BT303
  • BT303.P885.J478 1998
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Contents:
Sources and criteria -- Snapshots : contemporary images of Jesus -- The Jesus seminar -- John Dominic Crossan -- Marcus J. Borg -- E.P. Sanders -- John P. Meier -- New Testament Wright -- The quest continues : issues and concerns.
Subject: Here is the first comprehensive, balanced account of historical Jesus studies. Beginning with brief discussions of the early days of historical research into the person of Jesus and the methods developed by researchers at the time, Mark Allan Powell offers insightful overviews of some of the most important participants in the contemporary Jesus quests: Robert Funk, John Dominic Crossan, Marcus Borg, E.P. Sanders, John Meier, and New Testament Wright, among others. Powell concludes by outlining issues and directions for research that will likely guide these quests into the next century.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction BT303.2.P68 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001487723

Historians discover Jesus -- Sources and criteria -- Snapshots : contemporary images of Jesus -- The Jesus seminar -- John Dominic Crossan -- Marcus J. Borg -- E.P. Sanders -- John P. Meier -- New Testament Wright -- The quest continues : issues and concerns.

Here is the first comprehensive, balanced account of historical Jesus studies. Beginning with brief discussions of the early days of historical research into the person of Jesus and the methods developed by researchers at the time, Mark Allan Powell offers insightful overviews of some of the most important participants in the contemporary Jesus quests: Robert Funk, John Dominic Crossan, Marcus Borg, E.P. Sanders, John Meier, and New Testament Wright, among others. Powell concludes by outlining issues and directions for research that will likely guide these quests into the next century.

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