| Introduction | xi |
| Abbreviations | xiv |
| Part 1. | The Continuing Quest for the Historical Jesus | |
| 1. | The "Third Quest" in Context | 3 |
| 1906: The Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Discovery of the Apocalyptic Jesus | 4 |
| 1906-1953: The Abandoned Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Search for the Kerygma of the Early Church | 8 |
| 1953-1970: The New Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Discovery of the Existentialist Jesus | 12 |
| 1970-Present: The Third Quest for the Historical Jesus, Diverse Methods, and a Fragmented Synthesis | 18 |
| Conclusion | 33 |
| 2. | Models and Methods in the Quest for the Historical Jesus | 34 |
| The Jesus of the Gaps | 34 |
| The Search for Criteria and Method | 36 |
| A Part of the Whole Jesus | 42 |
| The Rejection of the Misguided Quest | 44 |
| Conclusion: The Necessity of the Continuing Quest | 46 |
| 3. | Prophet of the Justice of the Reign of God: An Approach to the Historical Jesus | 47 |
| Jesus as a Prophet in the Gospels | 47 |
| Prophets in the Sayings of Jesus and the Gospel Traditions | 49 |
| Types of Prophets in the Second Temple Era and Time of Jesus | 51 |
| Israel's Prophetic Tradition in Historical Perspective | 60 |
| Jesus as Prophet of the Justice of the Reign of God | 63 |
| Conclusion | 70 |
| Part 2. | Jesus of Nazareth: A Contextual Approach | |
| 4. | The Search for a Usable Context: Biblical Criticism and the Historical Jesus | 72 |
| The Problem of Defining Context | 72 |
| Form Criticism and the "Setting in Life" | 73 |
| Redaction Criticism and the Context of the Evangelist | 80 |
| Literary Criticisms and Narrative Worlds | 83 |
| The Use of the Social Sciences and the Question of Context | 86 |
| Conclusion | 89 |
| 5. | The Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Quest for the Historical Galilee: Jesus in the World of Agrarian Societies, Aristocratic Empires, and Colonized Peoples | 90 |
| Advanced Agrarian Societies and Aristocratic Empires | 90 |
| The Two Faces of Colonial Occupation: Local Aristocracies and Client Kingship | 102 |
| Part 3. | Jesus the Prophet and the Praxis of the Justice of the Reign of God: Conflicts in Context | |
| 6. | "Something Greater than the Temple Is Here": Subverting the "Cave of Social Bandits" | 111 |
| A Reading of the Temple Incident | 111 |
| The Role of the Temple in Agrarian Societies and Aristocratic Empires: Legitimizing the Powers That Be | 112 |
| Jesus and the Temple | 123 |
| Conclusion | 143 |
| 7. | "What Is Written? How Do You Read?" The Torah: Debt, Purity, and Social Control | 144 |
| The Quest for the Historical Synagogue | 144 |
| Who Were the Pharisees? | 147 |
| The Great Tradition and the Little Tradition | 149 |
| Jesus and the Torah | 155 |
| 8. | Resistance and Conflict: Jesus' Healings and Debates | 168 |
| "The Weightier Matters of the Torah" (Matt. 23:23) | 168 |
| Conclusion | 190 |
| 9. | The Temple, the Land, and the Reign of God | 191 |
| The Land and the Temple: An Indissoluble Bond? | 191 |
| Conclusion | 216 |
| Part 4. | O Jerusalem, Jerusalem: The "Show Trial" in Jerusalem | |
| 10. | The "Show Trial" in Jerusalem: "Why? What Evil Has He Done?" | 218 |
| The Rap Sheet on Jesus | 218 |
| The Show Trial in Jerusalem | 240 |
| Conclusion | 245 |
| 11. | A Concluding Unhistorical Postscript | 247 |
| Why Seek the Living among the Dead? | 247 |
| Jesus and Christology | 251 |
| Conclusion | 255 |
| Notes | 257 |
| Bibliography | 291 |
| Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources | 311 |
