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The Historical Figure of Jesus
by: E. P. Sanders

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 232.908
EAN: 9780140144994
ISBN: 0140144994
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: January 01, 1996
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Sales Rank: 157916
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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A portrait of Jesus Christ moves beyond the certainties of His historical context to consider what Jesus what like as a person, His intentions as a teacher, and the disciples' roles in Christianity. Reprint.

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- Consummate Historian's Take on Jesus
E.P. Sanders, a very professional and judicious scholar, provides here the best, short volume on a historical appraisal of Jesus. The book was published in 1993, though the research holds up remarkably well.

He doesn't start out with any prejudices; rather, he uses his formidable historical knowledge, skill, and writing to follow the evidence. He may very well be the best person to do this in the English-speaking world today.

He never strains to make the dots connect or come up with something novel. Novelty for the sake of novelty--making Jesus a bohemian hippie, Mediterranean cynic, or a skeptic--is not his intention. He has to deal with 200 years of searching for the history of Jesus, and people's intimacy with the primary sources; even, their desire to know his inmost thoughts. The job is certainly a very difficult one.

He states his cards with full clarity on page 5--"The ... Read More

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- Historical Figure of Jesus
I am using this text as a source for my Education for Ministry (EFM) class. I have not read the entire book. What I have read is very interesting.

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- Best book on Jesus
In my opinion it is THE best book on Jesus of Nazareth. There is no bias toward or untoward christain faith.
It is strictly academic and also popular book about historical figure of Jesus.
If your faith, dear reader, would weaken after reading this book, it would mean that knowlege of your religion was not thorough.
This is superb book in every respect. It will make you think about nothing else for a while - just Jesus and first century Palestine. So beware!

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- Pitch-Perfect Introduction
E.P. Sanders is the giant in contemporary American Jesus scholarship. Unlike the anti-intellectual sensationalist bigot John Shelby Spong, you will not find anything "NEW!" or "CONTROVERSIAL!". Sander's, while certainly a liberal, is first and foremost a historian. And he methodically goes over the criteria in examining the Gospels and reconstructing the historical figure of Jesus of Nazareth. He focuses particularly on the Canonical Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and Q). He finds these to be the most reliable in investigating who Jesus was and where he stood in the stream of Palestinian Judaism.

Unlike the other popular liberal scholar, (and member of the controversial Jesus Seminar) John Dominic Crossan, he does not think Thomas has any particular value in investigating Jesus. I would say Sanders has more in common with Marcus Borg than Crossan, although I think the latter two tend to adapt First ... Read More

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