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''' A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. 2: Mentor, Message, and Miracles''' (1994) is Book Two of the four-volume series [[A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus (1991-2009 Meier), book]].  
''' A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. 2: Mentor, Message, and Miracles''' (1994) is Book Two of the four-volume series [[A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus (1991-2009 Meier), book]].  
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==Abstract ==
==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.
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 ==
==Editions ==
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*[[Jésus, un certain juif: 2. La parole et les gestes (200? Meier / Degorce, Ehlinger, Lucas), book (French ed.)]]
*[[Jésus, un certain juif: 2. La parole et les gestes (200? Meier / Degorce, Ehlinger, Lucas), book (French ed.)]]


==Table of contents==
==Contents==


==External links==
==External links==

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A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. 2: Mentor, Message, and Miracles (1994) is Book Two of the four-volume series A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus (1991-2009 Meier), book.

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.

Translations

Contents

External links

  • [ Google Books]
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