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{en} Constructing Jesus: Memory, Imagination, and History (2010) is a book by Dale C. Allison.

Abstract

<What did Jesus think of himself? How did he face death? What were his expectations of the future? In this volume, internationally renowned Jesus scholar Dale Allison Jr. addresses such perennially fascinating questions about Jesus. Representing the fruit of several decades of research, this major work questions standard approaches to Jesus studies and rethinks our knowledge of the historical Jesus in light of recent progress in the scientific study of memory. Allison's groundbreaking alternative strategy calls for applying what we know about the function of human memory to our reading of the Gospels in order to "construct Jesus" more soundly.>--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2010.

Contents

The general and the particular : memories of Jesus --; More than a sage : the eschatology of Jesus.; Excursus 1 : the kingdom of God and the world to come ;; Excursus 2 : the continuity between John the Baptist and Jesus --; More than a prophet : the Christology of Jesus --; More than an aphorist : the discourses of Jesus --; Death and memory : the passion of Jesus --; Memory and invention : how much history?

External links

• [ Google Books]