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Jesus of Nazareth: Millenarian Prophet

Jesus of Nazareth: Millenarian Prophet

by Dale C. Allison Jr.
Jesus of Nazareth: Millenarian Prophet
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ISBN-10:
0800631447
ISBN-13:
9780800631444
Pub. Date:
11/20/1998
Publisher:
1517 Media
ISBN-10:
0800631447
ISBN-13:
9780800631444
Pub. Date:
11/20/1998
Publisher:
1517 Media
Jesus of Nazareth: Millenarian Prophet

Jesus of Nazareth: Millenarian Prophet

by Dale C. Allison Jr.

Overview

Dale Allison's clearly written Jesus of Nazareth will enable people who have followed recent discussions to vindicate and reclaim the central religious significance of the historical Jesus. Allison makes a creative contribution to Jesus studies in several ways:

He offers new suggestions for establishing the authenticity of Jesus' word - including what he calls "the index of intertextual linkage" - and for the process of framing a convincing picture of the central thrust and purpose of the activity of Jesus.

Referring to fascinating cross-cultural millenarian parallels, he shows that the impetus for the pre-Easter Jesus movement was apocalyptic in nature and that the historical Jesus can best be understood as an eschatological prophet.

He presents the first full-length treatment of the question of Jesus and asceticism and shows that Jesus, far from the image suggested by some today, was driven by an apocalyptic asceticism that extended to matters of sex, food, and social relations.

Always evenhanded and fair, Allison's new work is nonetheless penetrating, acute, and provocative.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780800631444
Publisher: 1517 Media
Publication date: 11/20/1998
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 270
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Dale C. Allison is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, author of The End of the Ages Has Come, The New Moses, The Jesus Tradition in Q, and The Silence of Angels.

Table of Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

The Jesus Tradition and the Jesus of History: How to Find a Millenarian Prophet

Introduction

An Imaginary Case Study

The Method of John Dominic Crossan

Quandaries, Alternatives, Paradigms

The Best Research Program

Themes and Rhetorical Strategies

Running the Gauntlet

Some Results

Speculations on the Evolution of the Tradition

Unscientific Postscript

Detached Note: Some Common Features of Millenarianism

The Eschatology of Jesus: Still Ratlos after All These Years

Introduction

Marcus Borg against E.P. Sanders

The Case against Marcus Borg

The Case against Stephen Patterson

Some Particulars

The Final Judgment

The Resurrection of the Dead

The Restoration of Israel

The Great Tribulation

Imminence

The Language of Millenarian Eschatology

Concluding Observations

Jesus as Millenarian Ascetic; Deleting a Consensus

Current Opinion

Sexual Desire in the Jesus Tradition

The Origin of the Complexes

Renunciation and Eschatology

The Functions of Jesus' Eschatological

Asceticism

Final Remarks

Epilogue

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Modern Authors

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