Jesus through the ages -- A thirty-year-old Jewish man -- The anti-Jewish church -- Middle ages, Reformation, revolution -- The twentieth century -- The quest for the "real" Jesus -- The historical Jesus or the Christ of faith? -- Involvement in history -- A cause involving justice and injustice -- Sources and interpretations -- Ancient Jewish writings -- The Gospels -- The "real" Jesus? -- The Jews in the Roman empire -- The Persian and Hellenistic empires -- The Roman empire -- The Jews in the Jewish homeland -- The Pharisees and rabbinic literature -- Jesus and his disciples -- Apprenticeship with John the Baptist -- Jesus' gospel -- Jesus and the Jewish law -- The Master and His disciples -- "Who do people say that I am?" -- Concern for the holiness of the temple -- The Last Supper -- Jesus' trial -- The sources and their pro-Roman tendency -- Supporters and doubters -- The Pharisees in the passion narratives -- Jesus' enemies -- The trial by the Sanhedrin -- The trial by Pilate -- The apostles' testimony -- Witnesses to the crucified Messiah -- "Who was raised on the third day?" -- "Jewish churches" under Peter and James -- Paul's churches of non-Jews -- Johannine churches and other Christians -- The impact of the war with Rome -- Jews and non-Jews in Antioch -- Rabbinic Judaism -- The emergence of an anti-Jewish theology -- The writings of the New Testament -- A unity? -- Mark -- Matthew -- John -- Luke and Acts -- Paul -- Jewish-Christian writings -- The readers of the New Testament -- Faith -- Holy scripture -- Church -- Liturgy -- Gospel -- Appendix: Jewish movements in the time of Jesus.
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