The social setting of Jesus and the Gospels

The social setting of Jesus and the Gospels / edited by Wolfgang Stegemann, Bruce J. Malina, Gerd Theissen.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Stegemann, Wolfgang, 1945-, Malina, Bruce J., Theissen, Gerd
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minn. : Fortress Press, c2002.
Subjects:
Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ > Character.
Jesus Christ > Political and social views.
Jesus Christ > Psychology.
Jesus Christ > Ethics.
Jesus Christ > Baptism.
Jesus Christ > Miracles.
Jesus Christ > Childhood.
Bible > N.T. > Gospels.
Bible. > N.T. > Gospels > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Introductory perspectives
  • Social-scientific methods in historical Jesus research / Bruce J. Malina
  • Ethnocentrism and historical questions about Jesus / Richard L. Rohrbaugh
  • The contextual ethics of Jesus / Wolfgang Stegemann
  • Social-psychological perspectives
  • Jesus as fatherless child / Andries van Aarde
  • Jesus heals the hemorrhaging woman / Stuart L. Love
  • Altered states of consciousness in the synoptics / John J. Pilch
  • Jesus and the demoniacs / Christian Strecker
  • Social-boundary concerns
  • The baptism of Jesus : a ritual-critical approach / Richard E. DeMaris
  • The politics of exoricsm / Santiago Guijarro
  • The historical Jesus and honor reversal at the table / S. Scott Bartchy
  • Jesus and the reduction of intergroup conflict / Philip F. Esler
  • The plague of uncleanness? The ancient illness construct "issue of blood" in Luke 8:43-48 / Annette Weissenrieder
  • Politics and political religion
  • The political dimension of Jesus' activities / Gerd Theissen
  • The political Jesus : discipleship and disengagement / T. Raymond Hobbs
  • Jesus and the social bandits / K.C. Hanson
  • The Jesus movement and network analysis / Dennis C. Duling
  • Politics and political economy
  • Money in the moral universe of the New testament / Douglas E. Oakman
  • Gifts, tributes, and offerings / Gary Stansell
  • An overview of the task
  • The Gospels in comparison with the Pauline letters : what we can learn from social-scientific models / Albert Verdoodt.

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