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Toto · 04-10-2011, 04:21 PM

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Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels (or via: amazon.co.uk) Chris Keith (Editor), Larry Hurtado (Editor)

James McGrath has a review copy and spends long paragraphs full of academic sounding rhetoric trying to save something of the criteria of authenticity, to little avail.

Quote:

In turning to the impact of a better understanding of memory on historical Jesus studies, paraphrasing the standpoint of Dunn, the authors write “criteria of authenticity are useless because one cannot strip the interpretation of the Gospels from pure history—the latter never existed in the first place” (p.467). While it is surely true that an attempt to find an uninterpreted Jesus amid the interpretation of the Gospel authors is implausible, it does not follow that criteria of authenticity are useless.

hjalti · 04-10-2011, 05:42 PM

Table of contents:

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Introduction Chris Keith and Larry W. Hurtado
1. Jesus Outside and Inside the New Testament Chris Keith

Part 1: The Friends of Jesus
2. God and Angels Edith M. Humphrey
3. John the Baptist Michael F. Bird
4. The Disciples Warren Carter
5. The Family of Jesus Richard J. Bauckham
6. Other Friends of Jesus: Mary Magdalene, the Bethany Family, and the Beloved Disciple Dieter T. Roth
7. Secret Disciples: Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea David M. Allen

Part 2: The Enemies of Jesus
8. Satan and Demons Loren T. Stuckenbruck
9. The Jewish Leaders Anthony Le Donne
10. Political Authorities: The Herods, Caiaphas, and Pontius Pilate Helen K. Bond
11. Judas Iscariot: the Betrayer of Jesus Holly J. Carey
Epilogue
12. Seeking the Historical Jesus among Friends and Enemies Chris Keith with Larry W. Hurtado

aeebee50 · 04-10-2011, 06:51 PM

That is the way it was then, and that is the way it is now. Nothing new.

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