Jesus of Nazareth An independent historian's account of his life and teaching
by Casey, MauriceFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-12-30
Publisher(s): Bloomsbury T&T Clark
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Summary
This engaging reconstruction of Jesus' life provides an up-to-date critical overview of the historical Jesus debate, covering the Jewishness of Jesus' teaching, the foundation of the earliest groups of his followers, and the location of Jesus within his wider context. Casey's masterful treatment of Aramaic sources draws us closer to the historical Jesus than ever before. This major contribution will be of interest to anyone studying the historical figure of Jesus and the roots of Christianity. Book jacket.
Author Biography
Maurice Casey is Emeritus Professor of New Testament Languages and Literature at the University of Nottingham, UK.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. xi |
| Abbreviations | p. xiii |
| The Quest of the Historical Jesus | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Nazi Period | p. 4 |
| Radical Form Criticism | p. 9 |
| Not the Second and Third Quests | p. 12 |
| Vermes and Sanders | p. 13 |
| Crossan and the American Jesus Seminar | p. 18 |
| From Bad to Worse | p. 21 |
| Recent Lives of Jesus | p. 45 |
| Conclusions | p. 59 |
| Historically Reliable Sources | p. 61 |
| Introduction | p. 61 |
| The Gospel According to Marcus | p. 62 |
| The So-called 'Q' Material | p. 78 |
| The Gospel According to Matthew | p. 86 |
| The Gospel According to Luke | p. 93 |
| Conclusions | p. 97 |
| Historical Method | p. 101 |
| Introduction | p. 101 |
| Multiple Attenstation | p. 102 |
| Dissimilarity, Coherence and Embarrassment | p. 104 |
| Historical Plausibility | p. 106 |
| Aramaic | p. 108 |
| Jewish Source Material | p. 120 |
| Rewriting History, Telling Stories and Social Memory | p. 132 |
| Conclusions | p. 141 |
| Family, Birth, Upbringing and Cultural Background | p. 143 |
| Family | p. 143 |
| Birth | p. 145 |
| Upbringing | p. 158 |
| Galilee and the Surrounding Areas | p. 164 |
| Conclusions | p. 169 |
| John the Baptist, Call and Ministry | p. 171 |
| Introduction | p. 171 |
| The Prophetic Tradition | p. 172 |
| John the Baptist | p. 173 |
| Jesus' Baptism and Call | p. 176 |
| Jesus, John and the Length of the Historic Ministry | p. 178 |
| The Call of the Twelve | p. 186 |
| Women in the Historic Ministry | p. 192 |
| Conclusions | p. 197 |
| God | p. 199 |
| Introduction | p. 199 |
| Jesus' Spiritual Life | p. 199 |
| The Fatherhood of God | p. 204 |
| The Kingdom of God | p. 212 |
| Teaching Others to Pray | p. 226 |
| Conclusions | p. 234 |
| Exorcism and Healing | p. 237 |
| Introduction | p. 237 |
| Secondary Development | p. 240 |
| Healing | p. 244 |
| Exorcism in the Ministry of Jesus | p. 247 |
| Healing Other Illnesses | p. 256 |
| The Mighty Works of a Prophet | p. 271 |
| Jesus Was Not a Magician | p. 275 |
| Conclusions | p. 278 |
| Jesus' Ethical Teaching | p. 281 |
| Introduction | p. 281 |
| Repentance | p. 282 |
| The Torah | p. 284 |
| Particular Ethical Instructions | p. 288 |
| Divorce and the Family | p. 295 |
| The Good Samaritan | p. 301 |
| Poverty and Riches | p. 305 |
| Two Problems | p. 309 |
| Observing Jesus' Ethical Teaching | p. 310 |
| Conclusions | p. 312 |
| Jesus' Conflicts with His Opponents | p. 313 |
| Introduction | p. 313 |
| Scribes | p. 313 |
| Pharisees | p. 315 |
| Orthodoxy in Second Temple Judaism | p. 319 |
| Jesus' Conflicts with Scribes and Pharisees | p. 320 |
| Herod Antipas | p. 338 |
| Chief Priests, Elders and Scribes | p. 344 |
| Division | p. 349 |
| Conclusions | p. 351 |
| Christological Terms | p. 353 |
| Introduction | p. 353 |
| Prophet | p. 354 |
| Teacher | p. 356 |
| Son of Man: Introduction | p. 358 |
| Son of Man: Genuine Sayings of Jesus | p. 361 |
| Son of Man: The Translation Process | p. 369 |
| Son of Man: Daniel 7.13 | p. 374 |
| Son of Man: Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection | p. 377 |
| Son of Man: The Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke | p. 381 |
| Son of God | p. 388 |
| Messiah, or Christ | p. 392 |
| Conclusions | p. 399 |
| Death in Jerusalem | p. 401 |
| Introduction | p. 401 |
| Preparing the Way | p. 403 |
| Entry into Jerusalem, and the Cleansing of the Temple | p. 408 |
| The Next Few Days | p. 415 |
| Betrayal | p. 425 |
| Jesus' Final Passover | p. 429 |
| Arrest | p. 438 |
| Trial and Conviction | p. 440 |
| Crucifixion: A Bandit's Shameful Death | p. 445 |
| A Bandit's Shameful Burial | p. 448 |
| Conclusions | p. 453 |
| Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? | p. 455 |
| Introduction | p. 455 |
| Early Experiences and Belief | p. 456 |
| Gospel Appearance Narratives | p. 461 |
| Jewish Beliefs in Resurrection | p. 466 |
| The Gospel Narratives Again | p. 473 |
| Appearances, Visions, Apparitions and Hallucinations | p. 488 |
| Conclusions | p. 497 |
| Conclusions | p. 499 |
| Further Reading | p. 509 |
| Appendix. Other Gospels | p. 511 |
| Introduction | p. 511 |
| The Gospel of John | p. 511 |
| The Gospel of Thomas | p. 525 |
| The Gospel of Judas | p. 534 |
| The Gospel of Mary | p. 535 |
| The Gospel of Philip | p. 537 |
| The Secret Gospel of Mark | p. 539 |
| Conclusions | p. 543 |
| Index | p. 545 |
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