"A startling account of what we can know about the life of Jesus"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
From Christ to Jesus. A Tale of Two Gods. The Trojan Caesar Comes -- The Future of the Past -- Searching the Scriptures -- Is Not This the Carpenter? -- A Question of Class -- The Jordan Is Not Just Water. God Now Rested over Italy -- In Chains to Machaerus -- The Wilderness of Jordan -- The Apocalyptic Drummer -- John Baptizes Jesus -- From Fasting to Feasting -- One Like a Son of Man -- A Kingdom of Nuisances and Nobodies. The Now or Future Kingdom -- Tearing the Family Apart -- Blessed Are (We?) Beggars -- If It Is a Girl, Cast It Out -- Who Needs a Mustard Plant? -- Open Commensality -- Radical Egalitarianism -- In the Beginning Is the Body. The Politic Body -- To Touch a Leper -- To Expel a Demon -- Back from the Dead -- How Not to Be a Patron -- No Staff, No Sandals, and No Knapsack. The Arts of Resistance -- Into Whatever House You Enter -- The Skin of My Feet for Shoes -- The Dogs Beneath the Cross. A Corpse for the Wild Beasts -- Before the Feast of Passover -- James the Just -- That Charming Pontius Pilate -- Barabbas Was Not a Robber -- Searching the Scriptures Once Again -- A Respected Member of the Council -- How Many Years Was Easter Sunday? The Living Jesus -- First Fruits of Them That Sleep -- Last of All to Me -- A Meal of Bread and Fish -- Nothing and Nowhere All Night -- The Race to the Empty Tomb -- In Remembrance of Her -- From Jesus to Christ. The One As Yet Unknown -- The One Who Did Not Go Away.
Summary:
A powerful and controversial portrait of a courageous revolutionary, philosopher, and political agitator who challenged the prevailing rules of the social order. A remarkable work that presents a very different view of a saviour and king of peace who proclaimed - in thought and action - that all may participate in the rule of God.
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