Mythologizing Jesus
Subtitle: from Jewish teacher to epic hero
By: Dennis R. MacDonald
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9780742558915; 9781442233508
Subjects: Mythological interpretations; Historicity; Historicity of Jesus Christ; Mythological interpretations of Jesus Christ
Description: Dennis MacDonald shows how Gospel stories parallel many Greek and Roman epics from walking on water to visiting the land of the dead to compel first-century readers into life-changing decisions to follow Jesus. MacDonald doesn t call into question the existence of Jesus but rather asks readers to examine the Gospels through a new, mythological lens.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The Christian superhero; title: Born divine and human; title: Empowerment from above and enlisting sailors; title: Feeding thousands; title: Master of the winds; title: Tamer of monsters; title: Curing an old woman and bringing a girl back to life; title: Water walker; title: Land of the dead; title: Blind seer; title: Daring hero eats with the enemy; title: Hero in disguise transformed; title: Curing a boy with a demon; title: Entering a city in disguise; title: Clearing out a den of robbers; title: Prophet anointed by a woman; title: Following a water carrier; title: Preparing for death while friends sleep; title: Traitor in the midst; title: Cowardly promise breaker; title: Preferring a rascal to a hero; title: Heroic death and mourning women; title: Rescuing a corpse; title: Living dead; title: Disappearing into the sky; title: Appendix. The gospels of Matthew and John.