The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels

by Stegemann, Wolfgang

• ISBN13: 9780800634520
• ISBN10: 0800634527
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Fortress Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Dedication	vii
Abbreviations	xi
Introductory Perspectives	1	(62)
Social-Scientific Methods in Historical Jesus Research	3	(24)
Bruce J. Malina
Ethnocentrism and Historical Questions about Jesus	27	(18)
Richard L. Rohrbaugh
The Contextual Ethics of Jesus	45	(18)
Wolfgang Stegemann
Social-Psychological Perspectives	63	(72)
Jesus as Fatherless Child	65	(20)
Andries van Aarde
Jesus Heals the Hemorrhaging Woman	85	(18)
Stuart L. Love
Altered States of Consciousness in the Synoptics	103	(14)
John J. Pilch
Jesus and the Demoniacs	117	(18)
Christian Strecker
Social-Boundary Concerns	135	(88)
The Baptism of Jesus: A Ritual-Critical Approach	137	(22)
Richard E. DeMaris
The Politics of Exorcism	159	(16)
Santiago Guijarro
The Historical Jesus and Honor Reversal at the Table	175	(10)
S. Scott Bartchy
Jesus and the Reduction of Intergroup Conflict	185	(22)
Philip F. Esler
The Plague of Uncleanness? The Ancient Illness Construct ``Issue of Blood'' in Luke 8:43-48	207	(16)
Annette Weissenrieder
Politics and Political Religion	223	(110)
The Political Dimension of Jesus' Activities	225	(26)
Gerd Theissen
The Political Jesus: Discipleship and Disengagement	251	(32)
T. Raymond Hobbs
Jesus and the Social Bandits	283	(18)
K. C. Hanson
The Jesus Movement and Network Analysis	301	(32)
Dennis C. Duling
Politics and Political Economy	333	(32)
Money in the Moral Universe of the New Testament	335	(14)
Douglas E. Oakman
Gifts, Tributes, and Offerings	349	(16)
Gary Stansell
An Overview of the Task	365	(14)
The Gospels in Comparison with the Pauline Letters: What We Can Learn from Social-Scientific Models	367	(12)
Albert Verdoodt
Index of Ancient Sources	379	(10)
Index of Subjects	389	(8)
Index of Authors	397