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A Marginal Jew: 2. Mentor, Message, and Miracles (1994) is a book by John P. Meier.

~ Volume Two of A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus (1991 Meier), book series.

Abstract

The second volume of the series first examines the figure of John the Baptist and his relationship with Jesus. It then deals with the preaching of Jesus about the kingdom of God and his activity as a miracle worker. Meier argues that the identity (and self-identity) of Jesus as prophet and healer is firmly established from the historical point of view.

"This book is the second volume in John Meier's masterful trilogy on the life of Jesus. In it he continues his quest for the answer to the greatest puzzle of modern religious scholarship: Who was Jesus? To answer this Meier imagines the following scenario: "Suppose that a Catholic, a Protestant, a Jew, and an agnostic were locked up in the bowels of the Harvard Divinity School library... and not allowed to emerge until they had hammered out a consensus document on who Jesus of Nazareth was and what he intended...". A Marginal Jew is what Meier thinks that document would reveal. Volume one concluded with Jesus approaching adulthood. Now, in this volume, Meier focuses on the Jesus of our memory and the development of his ministry. To begin, Meier identifies Jesus's mentor, the one person who had the greatest single influence on him, John the Baptist. All of the Baptist's fiery talk about the end of time had a powerful effect on the young Jesus and the formulation of his key symbol of the coming of the "kingdom of God." And, finally, we are given a full investigation of one of the most striking manifestations of Jesus's message: Jesus's practice of exorcisms, hearings, and other miracles. In all, Meier brings to life the story of a man, Jesus, who by his life and teaching gradually made himself marginal even to the marginal society that was first century Palestine."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in New York, NY: Doubleday, 1994.

• A Marginal Jew: 1. The Roots of the Problem and the Person (1991 Meier), book
• A Marginal Jew: 3. Companions and Competitors (2001 Meier), book
• A Marginal Jew: 4. Law and Love (2009 Meier), book
• A Marginal Jew: 5. Probing the Authenticity of the Parables (2016 Meier), book

Translations

• Un judío marginal: 2.1. Juan y Jesús; El reino de Dios (199? Meier / Fuente, Barrado), book (Spanish ed.) -- Un judío marginal: 2.2. Los milagros (199? Meier / Fuente, Barrado), book (Spanish ed.)

• Un ebreo marginale: 2. Mentore, messaggio e miracoli = A Marginal Jew: 2. Mentor, Message, and Miracles (2002 @1994 Meier / Dalla Vecchia), book (Italian ed.)

• Jésus, un certain juif: 2. La parole et les gestes (200? Meier / Degorce, Ehlinger, Lucas), book (French ed.)

Contents

External links

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