Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994 Crossan), book

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Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994) is a book by John Dominic Crossan.

Abstract

Editions and translations

Published in San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994.

Translated into several languages, including Korean, Japanese and Chinese:

Table of contents

  • Prologue: From Christ to Jesus
  • 1. A Tale of Two Gods
    • The Trojan Caesar Comes
    • The Future of the Past
    • Searching the Scriptures
    • Is Not This the Carpenter?
    • A Question of Class
  • 2. The Jordan is Not Just Water
    • God Now Rested Over Italy
    • In Chains to Machaerus
    • The Wilderness of Jordan
    • The Apocalyptic Drummer
    • John Baptizes Jesus
    • From Fasting to Feasting
    • One Like a Son of Man
  • 3. A Kingdom of Nuisances and Nobodies
    • The Now or Future Kingdom
    • Tearing the Family Apart
    • Blessed Are (We?) Beggars
    • If It Is a Girl, Cast It Out
    • Who Needs a Mustard Plant?
    • Open Commensality
    • Radical Egalitarianism
  • 4. In the Beginning Is the Body
    • The Politic Body
    • To Touch a Leper
    • To Expel a Demon
    • Back from the Dead
    • How Not to Be a Patron
  • 5. No Staff, No Sandals, and No Knapsack
    • The Arts of Resistance
    • Into Whatever House You Enter
    • The Skin of My Feet for Shoes
  • 6. The Dogs Beneath the Cross
    • A Corpse for the Wild Beasts
    • Before the Feast of Passover
    • James the Just
    • That Charming Pontius Pilate
    • Barabbas was Not a Robber
    • Searching the Scriptures Once Again
    • A Respected Member of the Council
  • 7. How Many Years Was Easter Sunday?
    • The Living Jesus
    • First Fruits of Them That Sleep
    • Last of All to Me
    • A Meal of Bread and Fish
    • Nothing and Nowhere All Night
    • The Race to the Empty Tomb
    • In Remembrance of Her
  • Epilogue: From Jesus to Christ
    • The One as Yet Unknown
    • The One Who Did Not Go Away

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