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Synopsis
In this definitive book on the real, historical Jesus, one of our foremost biblical scholars meticulously sifts the evidence of 2,000 years to portray neither a rural magician nor a figure of obvious power, but a marginal Jew.
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Synopsis
Who was Jesus? Suppose that a Catholic, a Protestant, a Jew and an agnostic were to write a consensus document on who Jesus of Nazareth was and what he intended. "A Marginal Jew" presents Meier's idea of what that document might reveal. He confronts difficult questions such as whether Jesus was virginally conceived, whether he had brothers and sisters, whether he was married or single, and whether he was literate. Meier deals with the roots of the problem and the roots of the person, examining the sorts of evidence available and pieces together Jesus' formative years.
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