Witherington, Ben, III

The Jesus Quest : The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth / Ben Witherington III - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 1997 - 334 p. ; 23 cm.

Preface : The first two Quests -- Galilee & the Galilean : Jesus in His social setting -- Jesus the talking head : the Jesus of the Jesus Seminar -- Jesus the itinerant Cynic philosopher : the works of John Dominic Crossan, Burton Mack and F. Gerald Downing -- Jesus, Man of the Spirit : the works of Marcus Borg, Geza Vermes and Graham H. Twelftree -- Jesus the eschatological prophet / : the works of E.P. Sanders and Maurice Casey -- Jesus the prophet of social change : the works of Gerd Theissen, Richard A. Horsley and R. David Kaylor -- Jesus the sage : the wisdom of God : the works of Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza and Ben Witherington -- Jesus : marginal Jew or Jewish Messiah? : the works of John P. Meier, Peter Stuhlmacher, James D.G. Dunn, Marinus de Jonge, Markus Bockmuehl and N.T. Wright -- The journey's end : synopsis, conclusions, conjectures -- Epilogue : The death of the Messiah : the work of Raymond E. Brown -- Postscript : The continuing saga of the Jesus Quest.

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Jesus Christ—Biography—History and criticism.Jesus Christ—Historicity.Bible.—Gospels—Criticism, interpretation, etc.—History—20th century.

BT301.9 / .W58 1997