Jesus the central Jew
Subtitle: his times and his people
By: by André LaCocque
Series: Society of Biblical Literature. Early Christianity and its literature -- number 15; Early Christianity and its literature -- no. 15.
Publisher: SBL Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Atlanta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9781628371116; 9781628371130; 9781628371123
Subjects: Jewishness; Evangelien; Bible; Jewishness of Jesus Christ; Criticism, interpretation; Judentum
Description: In this book, LaCocque presents the case that Jesus was totally and unquestionably a Jew. He lived as a Jew, thought as a Jew, debated as a Jew, and died as a Jew. He was not a Jew marginally, but centrally. He had no intention of creating a new religion; rather, he was a reformer of the Judaism of his day whose critique went far beyond an intellectual subversion. In fact, Jesus progressively thought of himself as the "Son of Man" inaugurating the advent of the kingdom of God on earth. LaCocque writes not about Christianity or Christology. Instead, the book purposely addresses both restricted sources (the Synoptic Gospels) and numerous other sources of information, leaving no stone unturned, to contribute to the modern understanding of the historical--as opposed to the mythical or the "real"--Jesus. (back cover).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The gospel as retrospective; title: Jesus the Messiah; title: Jesus Son of man/Son of God; title: Jesus as healer; title: Jesus and Torah; title: Jesus and Moses; title: Jesus and Israel; title: Jesus taught in parables; title: The birth narratives; title: Jesus's baptism; title: Jesus's self-consciousness; title: Jesus is betrayed; title: The trial of Jesus and his passion; title: Egō eimi in the mouth of Jesus; title: The great cry of Jesus on the cross; title: Jesus and the resurrection.