Historical Jesus (2011 Boccaccini), course

Historical Jesus is a graduate course offered by Gabriele Boccaccini at the University of Michigan in the Fall 2011.

Overview

The course focuses on the history of research on the Historical Jesus, and on the contemporary scholarly perspectives in the field.

Syllabus

Wednesdays 5-8pm

(#) Wed Sep 7 -- Introduction: Survey of the History of research (Boccaccini) (#) Wed Sep 14 -- Survey of the History of research II (Boccaccini)

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(1) Thursday Sep 22 (10am-1pm) -- The 1970s: Vermes, Flusser, Theissen

David Flusser

• Jesus (1969 Flusser), book (English ed.)

Geza Vermes (by Deborah Forger):

• Jesus the Jew (1973 Vermès), book
• Jesus and the World of Judaism (1983 Vermès), book
• The Religion of Jesus the Jew (1993 Vermès), book
• The Changing Faces of Jesus (2001 Vermès), book
• Jesus in His Jewish Context (2003 Vermès), book

Gerd Theissen (by Jason Zurawski):

• Sociologie des Jesusbewegung (1977 Theissen), book
• Der Schatten des Galilaers (1986 Theissen), novel
• Des historische Jesus: Ein Lehrbuch (1996 Theissen/Merz), book

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(2) Thursday Sept 29 (5:30pm-8:30pm) -- The 1980s: Sanders & Charlesworth

Ed Parish Sanders (by Rodney Caruthers):

• Jesus and Judaism (1985 Sanders), book
• The Historical Figure of Jesus (1993 Sanders), book

James H. Charlesworth (by Shannon Chase):

• Jesus within Judaism (1988 Charlesworth), book
• Jesus' Jewishness (1991 Charlesworth), edited volume
• The Historical Jesus: An Essential Guide (2008 Charlesworth), book

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(3) Thursday Oct 6 (10am-1pm) -- The 1990s: Crossan & Wright

John Dominic Crossan (by Jason Zurawski):

• The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant (1991 Crossan), book
• Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994 Crossan), book

Nicholas Thomas Wright (Joshua):

• Who Was Jesus? (1992 Wright), book
• The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is (1999 Wright), book

Bruce Chilton & Craig A. Evans (by Deborah Forger):

• Studying the Historical Jesus: Evaluations of the State of Current Research (1994 Chilton, Evans) edited volume

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(4) Thursday Oct 13 (5:30pm-8:30pm) -- The 1990s: Meier & Fredriksen

John P. Meier:

• A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus (1991-2009 Meier), book

Paula Fredriksen:

• Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews (1999 Fredriksen), book

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(5) Thursday Oct 20 (10am-1pm) -- Allison & Ehrman

Dale C. Allison:

• Jesus of Nazareth: Millenarian Prophet (1998 Allison), book
• The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus (2009 Allison), book
• Constructing Jesus: Memory, Imagination, and History (2010 Allison), book

Bart D. Ehrman:

• Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium (1999 Ehrman), book
• Misquoting Jesus (2005 Ehrman), book

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(6) Thu Oct 27, and Fri Oct 28 -- Lecture and Meeting with Daniel Boyarin

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(7) Thu Nov 3 (10am-1pm) -- The 2000s (II): Dunn & Freyne

James D.G. Dunn:

• Christianity in the Making: Jesus Remembered (2003 Dunn), book

Seán Freyne:

• Jesus, a Jewish Galilean: A New Reading of the History of Jesus (2004 Freyne), book

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(8) Thu Nov 10 (5:30pm)-- The 2000s (III): Evans & Ratzinger

Craig A. Evans:

• Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels (2006 Evans), book

Joseph Ratzinger:

• Jesus of Nazareth: 1. From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration (2007 Ratzinger / Walker), book (English ed.)
• Jesus of Nazareth: 2. From the Entrance into Jerusalem to the Resurrection (2011 Ratzinger / Whitmore), book (English ed.)

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(9) Thu Nov 17 (10am) -- The 2010s: Casey & Horsley

Maurice Casey:

• Jesus of Nazareth: An Independent Historian's Account of His Life and Teaching (2010 Casey), book

Richard A. Horsley:

• Jesus and the Powers: Conflict, Covenant, and the Hope of the Poor (2011 Horsley), book

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(--) Wed Nov 23 <Thanksgiving: no class>

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(#) Thursday Dec 1 <papers>

(#) Thursday Dec 8 <papers>