For early Christian writings not included in the New Testament, see E. Hennecke and W. Schneemelcher, New Testament Apocrypha, two volumes (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1963, 1965); and James Robinson, The Nag Hammadi Library in English (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1977), a collection of early Christian literature discovered in upper Egypt shortly after World War II, including the important Gospel of Thomas.
SELECTED RECENT WORKS ON JESUS
Günther Bornkamm, Jesus of Nazareth (New York: Harper & Row, 1960). Representing the “German school” of Jesus research and existentialist interpretation, this book was the first and most important sustained study of Jesus emerging during the period of the “new quest” for the historical Jesus.
Walter Brueggemann, The Prophetic Imagination (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1978). The last third of this book on the prophetic tradition in Israel treats the ministry of Jesus.
C. H. Dodd, The Founder of Christianity (New York: Macmillan, 1970). Written by the foremost twentieth-century British New Testament scholar near the end of his distinguished career and life, this well-balanced book remains one of the best.
Donald Goergen, The Mission and Ministry of Jesus (Wilmington: Michael Glazier, 1986). Readable and well documented, the study emphasizes Jesus’ spirituality and compassion, his solidarity with God, and his solidarity with the people. Volume one of a projected five-volume “theology of Jesus” (volume two treats Jesus’ death and resurrection).
A. E. Harvey, Jesus and the Constraints of History (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1982). Based on lectures given at Oxford, the book concentrates on Jesus’ linkages to the circumstances of his own time.
John Hayes, Son of God to Superstar (Nashville: Abingdon, 1976). A survey of twentieth-century portraits of Jesus, including some of the “eccentric” ones.
Hans Küng, On Being a Christian (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984; originally published in German in 1974). About half of this engaging and provocative “introduction” to the Christian faith is a substantial and lively treatment of the historical Jesus.
E. P. Sanders, Jesus and Judaism (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985). Perhaps the most technical of the works cited here, the book argues that Jesus sought the restoration of Israel within the framework of an imminent eschatological expectation.
Edward Schillebeeckx, Jesus: An Experiment in Christology (New York: Crossroad, 1979; originally published in Dutch in 1974). Because of its lucid insights, comprehensive treatment of scholarship, and massive size (over 700 pages), this is the single most impressive volume presently available.
Juan Luis Segundo, The Historical Jesus of the Synoptics (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1985; originally published in Spanish in 1982). Informed by the insights and perspectives of liberation theology, Segundo’s treatment of the historical Jesus is volume two of his five-volume Jesus of Nazareth Yesterday and Today.
G. S. Sloyan, Jesus in Focus: A Life in Its Setting (Mystic, CN: Twenty-Third Publications, 1983). Informed by scholarship, generally readable, useful and accessible at the introductory level, this book speaks primarily of Jesus as a mystic and sage within the tradition of Judaism.
W. Barnes Tatum, In Quest of Jesus: A Guidebook (Atlanta: John Knox, 1982). Though Tatum does not develop his own portrait of Jesus, his book is perhaps the best popular level introduction to the central questions of the quest for the historical Jesus: the nature of the gospels and their sources, the history of research, and selected themes, such as birth, resurrection, parables, miracles.
Geza Vermes, Jesus the Jew (New York: Macmillan, 1973). Not a comprehensive portrait of Jesus but a series of studies of the Jesus tradition within a Jewish background, this important book emphasizes Galilean holy men in the milieu out of which Jesus came, and the Jewish origin of the “titles” of Jesus.
John Yoder, The Politics of Jesus (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1972). Emphasizes the social and political radicalism of Jesus, including pacifism.
For a more extensive annotated bibliography, see James H. Charlesworth, “From Barren Mazes to Gentle Rappings: The Emergence of Jesus Research,” in Princeton Seminary Bulletin 7 (1986), pp. 225-230. Charlesworth’s own book on Jesus, Jesus within Judaism (Garden City, NY: Doubleday), is forthcoming.
Subject Index
Abba
Anxiety
Buddha
Charismatic(s): defined; Jesus as; other Jewish charismatics in the time of Jesus
Compassion: and discipleship; as ethos of the Jesus movement; politics of compassion; as quality of God; as “wombishness”
Conventional wisdom: as the “broad way”; contemporary American; cross-cultural characteristics; and the death of Jesus; defined; first-century Jewish; Jesus’ subversion of
Culture; Christian attitudes toward; transformation of. See also Conventional wisdom and social world
Death: of Jesus; as the narrow way
Disciples
Discipleship
Docetism
Easter
Elijah
Eschatological prophet, Jesus as; erosion of this view. See also Kingdom of God
Essenes
Ethos: defined; of the Jesus movement; of Palestinian Judaism
Exorcisms
Ezekiel
Faith
Family
Healings
Heart
High priest
Historical knowledge of Jesus: not necessary; relevance
Holiness. See also Politics of holiness
Honor
Images of Jesus: dominant scholarly; popular
Images of reality: importance of; Jesus’
Imitatio dei (imitation of God): as compassion; as ethos; as holiness
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Jerusalem: entry into; importance of; Jesus’ final appeal to; threat of destruction
John the Baptist
John, portrait of Jesus in
Josephus
Kerygma
Kingdom of God
Mainstream biblical scholarship
Mark, portrait of Jesus in
Messiah
Miracles: attitudes within church; historicity of; of Jesus; within Judaism; symbolic meaning of
Outcasts
Parables (as form of speech)
Paul: as charismatic; and conventional wisdom; and discipleship; and the way of death; and women
Peace
Pharisees; Jesus’ criticism of; stereotype of
Politics: of compassion; defined; of holiness
Poor
Prayer
Primordial tradition
Prophet: Jesus as; in Hebrew Bible; prophetic acts; stereotype of
Proverbs (as form of speech)
Purity
Q
Relevance to church
Renewal movements in Palestine. See also Revitalization movement
Repentance
Resurrection. See Easter
Revitalization movement: defined; founders; of Jesus. See also Renewal movements in Palestine
Rome: and death of Jesus; effects of presence in Palestine; Jewish resistance to; taxation
Sabbath
Sadducees
Sage: conventional; focal points of teaching; Jesus as; subversive. See also Conventional wisdom and subversive wisdom
Sinners. See Outcasts
Social world: defined; first-century Jewish; high priest and
Son/Son of God
Son of man
Spirit: in biblical tradition; centering in; and the church; defined; and discipleship; and healings/exorcisms; importance for Jesus; Jesus’ experience of; and Jesus’ identity; and Jesus as movement founder; and Jesus’ presence/authority; and Jesus as prophet; and Jesus as sage; in Judaism; and modern worldview; and primordial tradition
Subversive wisdom: in Israel; Jesus as teacher of
Table fellowship
Taxation
Temple
Thomas, gospel of
Torah
Torah sages
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sp; Transfiguration of Jesus
Two Ways, The
Visions
Wealth
Women
Worldview
Modern Author Index
Allen, Woody
Aune, David E
Baillie, John
Bainton, Roland
Balch, D. L.
Bammel, E.
Barbour, Ian
Bartsch, H. W.
Beardslee, William
Bellah, Robert
Berger, Peter
Blenkinsopp, J. A.
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich
Borg, Marcus J.
Bornkamm, Gunther
Bowker, J.
Bowman, John
Brown, Raymond
Brown, Robert McAfee
Brueggemann, Walter
Buber, M.
Buchler, A.
Bultmann, Rudolf
Campbell, Joseph
Capra, Fritjof
Carlston, Charles E.
Carmody, Denise
Charlesworth, James H.
Chilton, Bruce
Cohn, H.
Collins, John J.
Conzelmann, Hans
Crenshaw, James
Crossan, J. D.
Danby, H.
Davies, W. D.
Dodd, C. H.
Douglas, Mary
Dunn, J. G.
Eliade, Mircea
Elliott, John H.
Farmer, W. R.
Filson, F. V.
Finkelstein, L.
Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schussler
Fishbane, Michael
Fraser, R. S.
Fuller, R. H.
Funk, Robert
Gager, John
Gaston, Lloyd
Geertz, Clifford
Gilkey, Langdon
Goergen, Donald
Grant, F. C.
Hanson, J. S.
Harvey, A. E.
Harvey, Van
Hauerwas, Stanley
Hayes, John
Heickelbaum, F. M.
Hengel, Martin
Hennecke, E.
Heschel, Abraham
Hiers, R. H.
Hoehner, H. W.
Holland, D. L.
Hollenbach, Paul
Horsley, R. A.
James, William
Jeremias, Joachim
Jones, Alan
Keck, Leander
Kee, H. C.
Kissinger, W. S.
Klassen, William
Klausner, Joseph
Knox, John
Kummel, Werner
Kung, Hans
Kysar, Robert
Larsen, Stephen
Lessa, W. A.
Lewis, I. M.
Lohfink, Gerhard
Mack, Burton
Malina, Bruce
Marcus, R.
Marshall, Jane
Meeks, Wayne
Michaels, J. R.
Millar, F.
Mol, Hans
Murphy, R.
Niebuhr, H. Richard
Niebuhr, Reinhold
Neihardt, John
Neusner, J.
Neyrey, Jerome
Otto, Rudolf
Peck, M. Scott
Pelikan, Jaroslav
Perdue, Leo
Perrin, Norman
Phipps, William
Pilgrim, Walter
Reicke, B.
Reimarus, Hermann Samuel
Rhoads, David
Richter, Philip
Ringe, Sharon
Rivkin, Ellis
Robinson, James
Safrai, S.
Sagan, Carl
Sanders, E. P.
Schillebeeckx, E.
Scholem, Gershom
Schottroff, Luise
Schneemelcher, W.
Schurer, E.
Schurer-Vermes
Schweitzer, Albert
Scott, Bernard Brandon
Scott, E. F.
Scroggs, Robin
Segundo, Juan
Sider, Ronald
Sloyan, G. S.
Smallwood, E. Mary
Smith, Huston
Smith, Morton
Smith, Wilfred Cantwell
Stace, W. T.
Stambaugh, J. E.
Stegemann, Wolfgang
Stern, M.
Strauss, David Friedrich
Swidler, Leonard
Talbert, C. H.
Tannehill, Robert
Tatum, W. Barnes
Taylor, Richard
Thackeray, H. St. J.
Theissen, Gerd
Throckmorton, B. H.
Tiede, D. L.
Trible, Phyllis
Urbach, E. E.
van Buren, Paul
Vermes, Geza
Vogt, E. Z.
Von Rad, G.
Wallace, A. F. C.
Weiss, Johannes
Wikgrin, A.
Willimon, William
Wilson, R. R.
Wilson, W. R.
Wink, W.
Woolf, B. L.
Yoder, John
Scripture Index
Only texts that are either quoted or commented upon are indexed; texts that appear only as cross-references in footnotes are not. Books are listed in biblical order, beginning with the Hebrew Bible.
Genesis 1:1; 28:17
Exodus 32:7-14; 34:29-35
Leviticus 19:2; 19:18; 19:34; 25:8-55; 27:16-25
Deuteronomy 6:4-5; 30:15-20; 34:10
2 Samuel 12:1-6
Job 38:8, 11; 42:5; 42:7-17
Psalms 22; 51:17; 89:9; 95:5; 107:25-29
Ecclesiastes 1:15; 7:15; 12:9-14
Isaiah 5:1-7; 6:1-7; 7:3, 14; 8:1-4; 20; 29:18-19; 35:5-6; 56:7; 61:1; 64:1
Jeremiah 6:14; 7:4; 7:11; 12:7; 13; 16:1-4; 17:5-10; 19; 20; 27-28; 31:31-34; 32:1-16; 37-38
Ezekiel 1:1; 4; 5; 8:3; 11:5
Hosea 1:4-9; 4:1; 6:6; 7:11; 11:1
Amos 4:1-3; 5:6, 14-15; 7:10-17
Jonah 3:6-9
Micah 3:9-12
Zechariah 9:9-10
Matthew 1-2; 2:15; 3:9; 4:1-11, 5:3, 6; 5:8; 5:9; 5:13; 5:14; 5:15; 5:20-22; 5:41; 5:42; 5:43-44; 5:45; 5:48; 6:1-6; 6:12; 6:19-21; 6:22-23; 6:24; 6:25-33; 7:3-5; 7:13-14; 7:16-20; 7:24-27; 8:5-13; 8:11-12; 9:13; 10:5-6; 10:37; 10:38; 11:3; 11:4-6; 11:18-19; 11:20-24; 11:28-30; 12:24-32; 12:27; 12:28; 12:41-42; 15:14; 15:24; 16:6, 11-12; 17:24-27; 18:4; 18:23-35; 19:30; 20:1-15; 20:16; 21:4-5, 7; 21:28-32; 21:31; 22:1-10; 22:34-40; 23:12; 23:13; 23:23; 23:25-26; 23:27; 23:29-31; 23:35-36; 23:37-39; 24:45-51; 25:14-30; 25:31-46; 26:52; 27:19, 24, 25
Mark 1:10-11; 1:13; 1:15; 1:16-20; 1:22; 1:23-27; 1:35; 1:40-42; 2:15; 2:18-19a; 2:19b-20; 3:5; 3:14-15; 3:21; 3:22-30; 3:31-35; 4:35-41; 5:2-9; 5:30; 5:38-39; 6:4; 6:7; 6:17-29; 6:30-44; 6:45-52; 6:46; 7; 7:6; 7:14-15; 7:19b; 7:32-35; 8:1-10; 8:15; 8:27-30; 8:31; 8:34; 8:38; 9:2-4; 9:14-29; 9:17-22; 9:31; 9:43-48; 10:1-12; 10:21; 10:23; 10:28; 10:31; 10:32; 10:33-34; 10:38; 10:42-43; 11:1-10; 11:12-14, 20-25; 11:15-17; 11:18; 11:27-33; 12:1-9; 12:9; 12:13-17; 12:28-34; 12:38-40; 12:41-44; 13:1-2; 13:11; 14:3; 14:22-25; 14:36; 14:53-64; 14:56-58; 14:61-62; 15:2, 5; 15:22-37; 15:38; 16:1-8; 16:18
Luke 1-2; 3:8; 4:1-13; 4:14; 4:18-21; 6:20-21; 6:24-25; 6:27; 6:30; 6:34-35; 6:36; 6:39; 6:41-42; 6:43-45; 7:1-10; 7:19; 7:22; 7:33-34; 7:36; 7:36-50; 8:1-3; 9:23; 9:51; 9:59-60; 10:12-15; 10:17-18; 10:19; 10:25-28; 10:29-37; 10:37; 10:38-42; 11:4; 11:14-23; 11:20; 11:31-32; 11:33; 11:34-36; 11:37-41; 11:42; 11:44; 11:47-48; 11:50; 11:52; 12:1; 12:8-9; 12:22-31; 12:33-34; 12:39-40; 12:42-46; 12:54-13:9; 13:1-5; 13:6-9; 13:16; 13:28-29; 13:30; 13:32; 13:33; 13:34-35; 14:11; 14:15-24; 14:26; 14:27; 15:1-32; 15:2; 15:11-32; 15:20; 16:13; 17:11-19; 17:23-24; 17:26-30; 17:31-36; 17:33; 18:9-14; 18:14b; 19:7; 19:9; 19:11-27; 19:42-44; 21:20, 23b-24; 21:21; 22:25-26; 23:2; 23:28-31
John 1:29-51; 2:19-22; 3:16; 4:7-30; 4:20-24; 6:1-59; 10:30; 10:38; 11:47-53; 12:12-19; 12:24; 14:9; 17:14-18
Acts 1:8; 2:44-45; 4:32-35; 9:1-8; 9:2; 17:28; 22:6-11; 26:12-18; 28:1-6
1 Corint
hians 11:1; 11:23-26; 12-14; 14:34-36
2 Corinthians 4:4; 12:2-4
Galatians 2:20; 3:28
Philippians 2:5-8
Colossians 1:15
1 Timothy 2:8-15
Hebrews 9:11, 24
Revelation 4:1; 13:10b; 17
About the Author
MARCUS J. BORG is also the author of Conflict and Social Change, The Year of Luke and Conflict, Holiness and Politics in the Teaching of Jesus. He is associate professor of religious studies at Oregon State University and a frequent contributor to the The Christian Century and several scholarly journals.
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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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