The real Jesus
Subtitle: then and now
By: Geza Vermes
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Minneapolis, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780800697631
Subjects: Christianity
Description: "In The Real Jesus, Geza Vermes, best known for his work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jesus of history, offers lucid and engaging presentations of his lifelong research, along with comments on a variety of contemporary religious themes, such as The Da Vinci Code, Mel Gibson's controversial film The Passion of the Christ, Benedict XVI's book Jesus of Nazareth, and the Gospel of Judas.Informed by the work of a world-class scholar, the short articles in this book open to the reader the findings of some of the major discoveries of the twentieth century, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, especially as they shed light on contemporary religious and biblical questions" -- Publisher description.
Notes: Originally published as: Searching for the real Jesus : Jesus, the Dead Sea scrolls and other religious themes. London : SCM Press, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1.; title: Jesus. The age of Jesus --; title: Jesus the Jew --; title: The changing faces of Jesus in the New Testament and since --; title: Jesus God in spite of himself : an interview with the Parisian magazine Le point --; title: When you strip away all the pious fiction, what is left of the real Jesus? --; title: Jesus was a great man --; title: Benedict XVI and Jesus of Nazareth : a review --; title: The truth about the historical Jesus --; title: Was Jesus really human? --; title: A television documentary on Christ and the British press : Channel 4's Jesus : the evidence -- (April 1984) -- Pt. 2.; title: Christmas, Passion, Easter. The nativity narratives seen by a historian --; title: Matthew's nativity is charming and frightening...but it's a Jewish myth --; title: Celluloid brutality --; title: The Passion --; title: Caiaphas was innocent? --; title: Iscariot and the dark path to the field of blood --; title: The Resurrection -- -- Pt. 3.; title: The Dead Sea scrolls. Secrets of the scrolls --; title: Exploring the scrolls --; title: The Qumran community and the Essenes --; title: Midrash in the Dead Sea scrolls and the New Testament -- -- Pt. 4.; title: Miscellanea. The notion of the covenant in the Dead Sea scrolls --; title: Tax-collectors --; title: Christian origins in a nutshell --; title: The great Da Vinci code distraction --; title: What's sex got to do with it? --; title: The evolution of religious ideas --; title: Let's hope Vatican politics do not hinder the Holy Spirit --; title: Moving on from reproach to rapprochement : the Pope and the President of Israel.