+ THE FIRST "CRITICAL" ATTEMPT AT A "LIFE OF JESUS" + In the beginning
The purpose isn't really to review this book, but to give people some information about it. For one, this isn't a complete collection of Reimarus' writings on religion. This book only contains "On the Resurrection Narratives" and "On the Intentions of Jesus and His Disciples", two of the seven ...
I was assigned this book as required reading for a history class that I took as an undergraduate. Seeing the lapse of 11 years, I've re-read Charlesworth's book. This book suffers in the respect that there is no definitive thesis. The author dabbles a bit in the Nag Hammadi findings and the Dead ...
Of all the works on the historical personage of Jesus up to the present, this may well be the most impressive. Having personally read most everything on the topic from von Harnack through Eisenman, this book to me offers the most compelling and coherent explication of the ministry of Jesus of ...
One of the more interesting chapters in this book attempts to describe the social world of Jesus. Borg theorizes that Jesus was deeply involved with the sociopolitical life of His own people as the founder of a revitalization movement. The Jesus movement is depicted as seeking to transform Jewish ...
+ A FAMOUS JEWISH SCHOLAR'S STUDY OF THE LIFE OF JESUS + Book Review
Flusser's book is one of my favorites of all time. It is a great read. It really digs in deep to the culture and the meaning behing much of Jesus' life and life in the first century. If you like Brad Young, Marvin Wilson, David Bivin or others like them, you will truly like this book.
THE MAJOR WORK EXPRESSING SCHWEITZER'S OWN IDEAS ON JESUS
+ Jesus interpreted through the lens of Thoroughgoing Eschatology
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) was a Franco-German theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and profound humanitarian. He was also the most noteworthy scholar on the "life of Jesus" of his day, and his 1906 book The Quest of the Historical Jesus is one of the few absolutely "indispensable" ...
+ Excellent, but written in the language of a seminarian + Very Helpful for the Non-Scholary
Luke Timothy Johnson's THE REAL JESUS is a refreshing alternative to the tireless proponents of the Jesus Movement, such as Dominic Crosson, who wish to interpret Christ as part of a purely historical movement that can be excavated and analyzed as one would a fossil.
Johnson explains the ...
Günther Bornkamm (1905-1990) was a German New Testament scholar. He was a student of Rudolf Bultmann, as well as other famous theologians. Bultmann was famous (or infamous, depending on one's point of view) for his proposal to "demythologize" the New Testament; that is, remove the legendary ...
An approachable theology reference for layman and scholar
+ A TRULY GROUNDBREAKING CATHOLIC STUDY OF JESUS' LIFE AND MEANING + An Experiment that Succeeds Brilliantly
Suppose faithful readers really like to know more about the theology of Jesus the Christ besides reading the Gospels, yet not being knowledgeable in the academic theological terms, and not having the endowment for seminary semesters, this is the book of choice. The author designs a discussion flow ...
+ Excellent Book + Disturbingly eye-opening, with well-marshalled evidence
In 1980, Maccoby wrote his first book entitled "Revolution in Judea"--don't bother trying to find this book--it's out of print. If you are somehow able to get a copy, grab it--it will open your eyes about what really happened in the trial and crucifixion of Jesus. Be prepared for all of your ...
+ Jesus: an extraordinary man! + ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL 19TH CENTURY "LIVES OF JESUS"
This is one of the very first attempts at a real Jesus, one who speaks to us through himself, and not through one of the many churches who shout his name...thereby drowning all thought. It's superbly written by a leading Hebrew scholar of his day. I gave it five stars for two reasons. One. To ...
+ Very Good, New but lacks a full substance throughout the book + Facinating reading - Rabbi Jesus
Thoroughly researched and well documented, Chilton's biography affords a new lense through which to learn more about Jesus within the context of his times, his place in history and as a Jewish man. The humanity of Jesus literally takes on new flesh, enabling the reader to discover an increasingly ...
The best resource on the 36 hours before the crucifixion
+ The Death of the Messiah + Like running a marathon (I think) + "Destroy This Temple, and I Will Raise It Up In Three Days." + Serious contemplation of the passion of Christ
+ Crossing Land and Sea to Portray Jesus as Sympathetic to Modern Rabbinical Judaism + Excellent Information, Conclusions Sometimes Good, Sometimes Bad + Very informative + Table of Contents
Graham Twelftree looks in this text at a sometimes problematic aspect of scripture - the miracles of Jesus. In our modern, scientific, rational world (or, at least this is the view of the world most seem to want to ascribe to the present day), there are distinct problems with the miraculous - did ...
One of the most important books on Jesus ever written
+ A Jesus book of substance
It's great to see this book back in print. I read it about 15 years ago, and it, along with N. T. Wright's New Testament and the People of God, Jesus and the Victory of God, and What St. Paul Really Said completely rearranged my thinking about Christianity, eventually leading me from evangelical ...
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