Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: March 18, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 705
ISBN-13: 9780415975698
Subjects: Christian Theology - Christology; Reference / Encyclopedias; Encyclopedias; Reference; Theology; Christianity; Historicity; Jesus Christ
Description: This Encyclopedia brings together the vast array of historical research into the reality of the man, the teachings, the acts, and the events ascribed to him that have served as the foundational story of one of the world's central religions. This kind of historiography is not biography. The historical study of the Jesus stories and the transmission of these stories through time have been of seminal importance to historians of religion. Critical historical examination has provided a way for scholars of Christianity for centuries to analyze the roots of legend and religion in a way that allows scholars an escape from the confines of dogma, belief, and theological interpretation. In recent years, historical Jesus studies have opened up important discussions concerning anti-Semitism and early Christianity and the political and ideological filtering of the Jesus story of early Christianity through the Roman empire and beyond. -- publisher description.