A Life of Jesus (1950 Goodspeed), book
A Life of Jesus (1950) is a book by Edgar J. Goodspeed.
Abstract
This book by a scholar was intended for a popular audience, while retaining its scholarly nature. Jesus is presented as "a non miracle-working figure contending with Pharisaic opponents... but with also some conversion to the eschatological faith" (Weaver).
References
Editions and translations
Published in New York, NY: Harper, 1950.
Table of contents
- Jesus' childhood and youth
- His great vocation bursts upon him
- The first disciples
- Jesus begins his work in Galilee
- The first clash with the pharisees and the choosing of the twelve
- Jesus' preaching: the sermon on the mount
- Preaching and conflict in Galilee
- Sending out the twelve
- Jesus and John the Baptist
- The second clash with the pharisees and the retreat to the sea
- The third clash with the pharisees
- The great offensive: Jesus moves on Jerusalem
- The advance through trans-Jordan
- Jesus reaches Jerusalem
- The crisis at Jerusalem
- The transformation of the passover
- Gethsemane and the trial
- The crucifixion and the resurrection