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| Original Title: | Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography |
| ISBN: | 0060616628 (ISBN13: 9780060616625) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.johndominiccrossan.com/ |
| Characters: | Jesus |
John Dominic Crossan
paperback | Pages: 209 pages Rating: 3.97 | 1461 Users | 77 Reviews
Details Based On Books Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography
| Title | : | Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography |
| Author | : | John Dominic Crossan |
| Book Format | : | paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 209 pages |
| Published | : | February 17th 1995 by HarperCollins Publishers (NYC) (first published February 17th 1994) |
| Categories | : | Religion. History. Biography. Nonfiction. Theology. Christianity. Spirituality |
Commentary As Books Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography
This is a fascinating look at the "historical" Jesus, founder of Christianity. With a very wide view of the bible and several other historical sources (including unpublished ancient gospels) the author dissects and destroys what significant "history" or "story" we commonly believe about Jesus of Nazareth. Some of his logic is hard to follow without reading it like it is a statute or instructions to a complicated assembly. He is very intelligent and very insightful, a pre-eminent historian of civilization during centuries of time. The theological significance of this study is even more complicated than the historical analysis. I thank my friend John for giving me this book as a Christmas gift.Rating Based On Books Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography
Ratings: 3.97 From 1461 Users | 77 ReviewsAssessment Based On Books Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography
Crossan is one of the premier Jesus scholars of today, and this book is quintessential Crossan. Its a condensed, recently reprinted, more readable version of his 1994 masterpiece, The Historical Jesus.Crossans research is controversial, more focused on the real life of a first-century sage (Jesus) than in the messianic God-man Christianity turned him into. I believe Crossans most irritating position (to conservative Christians) is his insistence that Jesus never rose from the tomb because heThis is a fascinating look at the "historical" Jesus, founder of Christianity. With a very wide view of the bible and several other historical sources (including unpublished ancient gospels) the author dissects and destroys what significant "history" or "story" we commonly believe about Jesus of Nazareth. Some of his logic is hard to follow without reading it like it is a statute or instructions to a complicated assembly. He is very intelligent and very insightful, a pre-eminent historian of
I'm not totally sure what to make of this book... it attempts to discern all that can be known about Jesus from a historical and anthropological background. Some of Crossan's findings are difficult to read, from a Christian perspective. Nonetheless, the book was challenging and put forth some interesting explanations of the reasons Jesus did the things he is recorded to have done and what that would have meant to a first generation world. Although I disagree with the book that Jesus was not the
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For 3/4 of this book, Crossan strikes me as a typical lapsed believer who has to explain away everything that doesn't fit with his theory/reading of Jesus. Perhaps he gives reasons in some of his other writings, but Crossan has a zealous, if not obsessive disdain for anything supernatural. This is fine for an atheist or agnostic, but when he talks about Christianity or faith in the last chapters, I had to ask what type of God does he believe in?His cross-cultural method is solid, but he does not
Having recently read 'Excavating Jesus' by this same author, I'm really getting into John Dominic Crossan. Jesus:A Revolutionary Biography is the biography of a Revolutionary, that is lifted from the mists of history and is found buried under layers of exegesis.As all the Christian layers are peeled away, Crossan paints a vivid portrait of this first century Galilean peasant, whose ministry of open commensality and social healing appears far more powerful and understandable than the N.T.'s
this was a really interesting book, and though i disagreed with his interpretation, it was insightful and thought provoking. my biggest issue is that i felt he tried to intimidate his readers by assaulting them with a use of sources that they could not possibly compete with - his use of sources was selective, intentionally ambiguous and occasionally not presented a contextually accurate/fair manner.
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