A Marginal Jew, Volume Three: Rethinking the Historical Jesus (Marginal Jew Rethinking the Historical Jesus)
Language: English
Published by Anchor Bible, 2001
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2001 first edition, Doubleday (New York), 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, pale green paper-covered boards over blue cloth spine, gilt lettering to spine, pale brown endpapers, illustrated with maps, xvi, 703 pp. One page where two lines are highlighted. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a very good dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~LL~ [3.5P] A. landmark work of biblical scholarship written by John P. Meier. As the third installment in his monumental multi-volume series, this 720-page volume shifts the scholarly spotlight away from Jesus in isolation to focus entirely on his relationships, social movement, and interactions with other first-century Jewish factions. Meier?s guiding principle in this volume is that 'no human being is adequately understood if he or she is considered in isolation from other human beings.' To understand the historical Jesus, one must examine how he defined himself against his contemporaries. Meier firmly plants Jesus within mainstream first-century Palestinian Judaism rather than on the fringes of Greco-Roman or Cynic philosophy, rejecting popular 1990s revisionist theories. He argues that Jesus did not lead an amorphous, egalitarian crowd, but intentionally structured a defined religious movement. Meier, who was a Catholic priest and professor at the University of Notre Dame, writes with an exacting, hyper-methodical academic style. He strictly applies historical-critical criteria?such as the criterion of embarrassment and multiple attestation?to evaluate the historical reliability of Gospel accounts. The book is famous for its massive, rigorous footnotes, which frequently dwarf the main text to address opposing scholarly debates. Ultimately, Volume Three cements Meier's portrait of Jesus not as a political revolutionary or a detached philosopher, but as an eschatological Jewish prophet who fiercely and consciously competed for the religious destiny of Israel.…
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- Title
- A Marginal Jew, Volume Three: Rethinking the Historical Jesus (Marginal Jew Rethinking the Historical Jesus)
- Author
- Meier, John P.
- Publisher
- Anchor Bible
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0385469934
- ISBN 13
- 9780385469937
- Item weight
- 56 ounces
- Dimensions
- 6x1x9
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