John, Jesus, and the renewal of Israel
By: Richard Horsley & Tom Thatcher
Contributors: Thatcher, Tom, 1967- author
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780802868725
Subjects: Bible; Jews; Historicity; Criticism, interpretation; History of Biblical events; Historicity of Jesus Christ; History of doctrines; Doctrinal Theology; History
Description: In this book Richard Horsley and Tom Thatcher trace the Gospel of John's portrayal of Jesus as a prophet of renewal by reading the text against a double backdrop - the social history of Roman Palestine and the media world of John. This innovative study is the first to consider the Gospel of John as story in the ancient media context of oral communication and oral performance. Horsley and Thatcher creatively combine concerns from the fields of Jesus studies and ancient media studies in their analysis. Taking the main conflict evident in John's story of Jesus as the key to its plot, they discern how this Gospel - usually read as "spiritual"--Portrays Jesus engaged in a concrete program of renewal and resistance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: reclaiming John as a source for Jesus; title: The historical context of the Gospels and Jesus. Divison in Roman Palestine; title: Regional histories, shared tradition, and the renewal of Israel; title: The Gospels as stories and sources. Taking the Gospels whole; title: Hearing the whole story; title: John's story in historical context. John's story of Jesus; title: Verisimilitude vs. verification; title: The historical Johannine Jesus. John's Jesus and the renewal of Israel; title: The prophet/messiah and the rulers of Israel; title: Epilogue: the Gospel of John and the Jesus of history.