| The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels Contributor(s): Stegemann, Wolfgang (Editor), Malina, Bruce J. (Editor), Theissen, Gerd (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0800634527 ISBN-13: 9780800634520 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing OUR PRICE: $37.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2002 Annotation: Contributions by internationally known scholars from the United States, Germany, Scotland, Spain, and Canada move beyond many of the impasses in historical Jesus research. Includes essays using social sciences, social history, and traditional historical methods. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - New Testament - General |
| Dewey: 226 |
| LCCN: 2004302503 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.03" W x 9.07" (1.29 lbs) 424 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The context of Jesus, his followers, and the early movement What do the social sciences have to contribute to the study of Jesus and the Gospels? This is the fundamental question that these essays all address - from analyses of ancient economics to altered states of consciousness, politics, ritual, kinship, and labeling. Contributors: Bruce J. Malina, Wolfgang Stegemann, Richard L. Rohrbaugh, Ekkehard W. Stegemann, Gerd Theissen, T. Raymond Hobbs, Dennis C. Duling, K.C. Hanson, Philip F. Esler, S. Scott Bartchy, John J. Pilch, Christian Strecker, Richard DeMaris, Stuart L. Love, Jerome H. Neyrey, Douglas E. Oakman, Gary Stansell, Santiago Oporto Guijarro |