Der Schatten des Galiläers (The Shadow of the Galilean / 1986 Theissen), novel

Der Schatten des Galilaers: Historische Jesusforshung in erzahlender Form <German> / The Shadow of the Galilean (1986) is a novel by Gerd Theissen.

Abstract

Theissen sends his fictional narrator Andreas, a wealthy young grain merchant, through the religious and political options available to a sensitive first-century Jew, and portraits Jesus as a Jewish teacher who was in partial sympathy with the Zealots.

Editions and translations

Published in Germany (1986).

Translated into several languages, including English (1987), French, Spanish (1988),

• The Shadow of the Galilean (1987 Theissen), novel (English ed.)
• L'ombre du Galiléen (1988 Theissen), novel (French ed.)
• L'ombra del Galileo (1990 Theissen), novel (Italian ed.)