The Historical Jesus by Crossan, John Dominic -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Dedication Contents Overture: The Gospel of Jesus Prologue: The Historical Jesus Part I: Brokered Empire:

1: Then and Now

A Friendly Sea in a Hostile Landscape Through the Eyes of Others Can Anything Good Come from Nazareth? Do Not Forget Me

2: War and Peace

A Shrine to Augustan Peace Beggared of Paternal Estate Against the Britons and the Asians

3: Slave and Patron

Social Strata in Agrarian Societies Paradoxes in Roman Slavery An Anti-economic Ideology The Frog-Prince’s Passion for Trade A Map of Patronal Society The Bedrock of Political Life In Heaven as It is on Earth

4: Poverty and Freedom

Diogenes or Daedalus? Free Under Father Zeus The Skin of My Feet for Shoes In the Army of the Dog

Part II: Embattled Brokerage:

5: Aristocrat and Historian

At Least Hold Historical Truth in Honor I Cannot Conceal My Private Sentiments Sub Tiberio Quies

6: Visionary and Teacher

The Coming of the Fifth Kingdom No Lord but God

7: Peasant and Protester

Vegetating in the Teeth of Time The Threat of an Agrarian Strike

8: Magician and Prophet

Elijah and Elisha Magicians Rabbinized To Perform the Millennial Dream

9: Bandit and Messiah

The Unpainted Face of Agrarian Empire A Brigand Chief with a Large Horde A King Without a Dynasty?

10: Rebel and Revolutionary

Native Revolts Against Rome A Revolution Within a Revolution Trajectories of Peasant Turmoil

Part III: Brokerless Kingdom:

11: John and Jesus

By the Middle of the First Century John and the Coming One The Apocalyptic Son of Man Children and Disciples Complain Open Commensality

12: Kingdom and Wisdom

A Kingdom of Nobodies A Kingdom of Undesirables A Kingdom of Here and Now A Kingdom of God From Kingdom to Liturgy Against the Patriarchal Family

13: Magic and Meal

Magic as Religious Banditry A Gospel of Miracles? Possessed by Demonic Imperialism Event and Process in Miracle From Miracle to Table The Message of an Open Secret

14: Death and Burial

I Will Destroy This House Do This in Memory of Me The Passion as Narrative A Member of the Council

15: Resurrection and Authority

Meal and Sea The Named and the Unnamed

Epilogue

Jesus and Judaism A Peasant Jewish Cynic Jesus and Christianity

Appendix 1 - An Inventory of the Jesus Tradition by Chronological Stratification and Independent Attestation Appendix 2 - Types and Trajectories of Peasant Unrest in Early Roman Palestine Appendix 3 - Inventory for John the Baptist Sayings [18:6+12] Appendix 4 - Inventory for Son of Man Sayings [40:14+26] Appendix 5 - Inventory for Kingdom Sayings [7733 + 44] Appendix 6 - Inventory for Jesus Miracles [32:9+23] Appendix 7 - Strata in the Gospel of Peter Bibliography Author Index Text Index Complex Index Praise Copyright About the Publisher