| Jesus & Utopia: Looking for the Kingdom of God in the Roman World Contributor(s): Beavis, Mary Ann (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0800635620 ISBN-13: 9780800635626 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing OUR PRICE: $21.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: Scholarship on the historical Jesus and, now, on the "Jesus movement" generally divides into separate camps around two sticky questions: was Jesus an apocalyptic prophet and was the movement around him political, that is nationalistic or revolutionary? Mary Ann Beavis moves the study of the historical Jesus in a dramatic new direction as she highlights the context of ancient utopian thought and utopian communities, drawing particularly on the Essene community and Philo's discussion of the Therapeutae, and argues that only ancient utopian thought accounts for the lack of explicit political echoes in Jesus' message of the kingdom of God. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Christian Theology - History - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - New Testament |
| Dewey: 270.1 |
| LCCN: 2006020540 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.1" W x 9.08" (0.69 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |