The Jesus Quest: The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth (1995 Witherington), book

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The Jesus Quest: The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth (1995) is a book by Ben Witherington.

Abstract

Editions and translations

Published in Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1995.

Table of contents

  • Preface: the first two quests
  • Galilee & the Galilean: Jesus in his social setting
  • Jesus the talking head: the Jesus of the Jesus Seminar
  • Jesus the itinerant cynic philosopher: the works of John Dominic Crossan, Burton Mack and F. Gerald Downing
  • Jesus, man of the Spirit: the works of Marcus Borg, Geza Vermes and Graham H. Twelftree
  • Jesus the eschatological prophet: the works of E.P. Sanders and Maurice Casey
  • Jesus the prophet of social change: the works of Gerd Theissen, Richard A. Horsley and R. David Kaylor
  • Jesus the sage: the wisdom of God: the works of Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza and Ben Witherington
  • Jesus: marginal Jew or Jewish Messiah?: the works of John P. Meier, Peter Stulmacher, James D.G. Dunn, Marinus de Jonge, Markus Bockmuehl and N.T. Wright
  • The journey's end: synopsis, conclusions, conjectures
  • The death of the Messiah: the work of Raymond E. Brown

External links

  • [ Google Books]