Jesus : a very short introduction /

Explores Jesus' symbolic practices, his teachings, and his public career, and emphasizes how his actions, such as his healings, were just as important as his words. Placing Jesus in his proper historical context by considering Jewish religion and society in the land of Israel under Roman rule,...

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Main Author: Bauckham, Richard
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : New York : Oxford Univ Press, 2011.
Series:Very short introductions ; 275.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • List of illustrations
  • 1. Jesus
  • a universal icon
  • 2. The sources
  • 3. Jesus in his 1st-century context
  • 4. Enacting the kingdom of God
  • 5. Teaching the kingdom of God
  • 6. A question of identity
  • 7. Death and a new beginning
  • 8. Jesus in Christian faith
  • Further reading
  • Index.