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The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 232.908
EAN: 9780800631222
ISBN: 0800631226
Label: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Manufacturer: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 642
Publication Date: 1998-05
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Studio: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
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Rating:  - Poorly Translated, but Likely Your Best Option
This book is very poorly translated from the original German, and consequently reads awkwardly. There are also lengthy 'study sections' at the end of each chapter, which is bothersome.
In terms of substance the book is generally sound, though far too much space is dedicated to dispelling the reader's presumed disposition towards blaming "the Jews" for Jesus' execution. Surely, the point needs to be made, but this is redundancy. The authors also go overboard in stressing their "objectivity" ... Read More
Rating:  - Analysis or apologetics?
I am a layman with an interest in the historical Jesus and I bought this book based on reviews here. The forward states explicitly that "each topic [is] self-contained" and "it is possible to skip sections," so after reading Ch. 1 I went to Ch. 15, "The Risen Jesus" where I was quite disappointed. 1 Cor 15:3ff must play a significant role in any discussion, but Theissen woodenly declares, with emphasis, that its status "as tradition is undisputed" and "Its pre-Pauline origin is certain" (pp 487-8). To the ... Read More
Rating:  - Excellent Introduction to Jesus Research
The subtitle 'A Comprehensive Guide' is well-earned. Amazon.com incorrectly lists its length as 624 pages; in actuality, it is 642 pages long, and every page is large. There is plenty of information here on almost every aspect of Jesus research. The book consists of the following sixteen chapters.
1. The Quest of the Historical Jesus
2. Christian Sources about Jesus
3. The Non-Christian Sources about Jesus
4. The Evaluation of the Sources: Historical Scepticism and the Study of Jesus
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Rating: - A Textbook For Studying the Historical Jesus
This book by the well-known German New Testament scholar and his research assistant aims at being a comprehensive textbook for studying the historical Jesus - and largely acheives that aim. This book is not short nor for the casual reader and anyone attempting to enter its portals must be prepared to be questioned by the text as much as expecting a thesis to be laid out before them. The book even shades into discussions of Easter and early Christology, thus transgressing recognised disciplinary boundaries in an ever ... Read More
Rating: - I couldn't stop reading this book
Though being a German customer and having read the German original in the first place, I am nevertheless able to say that the English version of Theissen's and Merz' study guide (it is certainly more than that!) adds a refreshing new style and content to the quest for the historical Jesus. Following the idea of Theissen's first book 'The shade of the Galilean' the two German scholars unfold lots of material to work with, to work on and to consider. The book presents itself in chapters, whose length is just appropriate ... Read More
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