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This engaging reconstruction of Jesus' life provides an up-to-date critical overview of the historical Jesus debate, covering the Jewishness of Jesus' teaching, the foundation of the earliest groups of his followers, and the location of Jesus within his wider context. Casey's masterful treatment of Aramaic sources draws us closer to the historical Jesus than ever before. This major contribution will be of interest to anyone studying the historical figure of Jesus and the roots of Christianity. Book jacket.

Maurice Casey is Emeritus Professor of New Testament Languages and Literature at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Preface	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xiii
The Quest of the Historical Jesus	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
The Nazi Period	p. 4
Radical Form Criticism	p. 9
Not the Second and Third Quests	p. 12
Vermes and Sanders	p. 13
Crossan and the American Jesus Seminar	p. 18
From Bad to Worse	p. 21
Recent Lives of Jesus	p. 45
Conclusions	p. 59
Historically Reliable Sources	p. 61
Introduction	p. 61
The Gospel According to Marcus	p. 62
The So-called 'Q' Material	p. 78
The Gospel According to Matthew	p. 86
The Gospel According to Luke	p. 93
Conclusions	p. 97
Historical Method	p. 101
Introduction	p. 101
Multiple Attenstation	p. 102
Dissimilarity, Coherence and Embarrassment	p. 104
Historical Plausibility	p. 106
Aramaic	p. 108
Jewish Source Material	p. 120
Rewriting History, Telling Stories and Social Memory	p. 132
Conclusions	p. 141
Family, Birth, Upbringing and Cultural Background	p. 143
Family	p. 143
Birth	p. 145
Upbringing	p. 158
Galilee and the Surrounding Areas	p. 164
Conclusions	p. 169
John the Baptist, Call and Ministry	p. 171
Introduction	p. 171
The Prophetic Tradition	p. 172
John the Baptist	p. 173
Jesus' Baptism and Call	p. 176
Jesus, John and the Length of the Historic Ministry	p. 178
The Call of the Twelve	p. 186
Women in the Historic Ministry	p. 192
Conclusions	p. 197
God	p. 199
Introduction	p. 199
Jesus' Spiritual Life	p. 199
The Fatherhood of God	p. 204
The Kingdom of God	p. 212
Teaching Others to Pray	p. 226
Conclusions	p. 234
Exorcism and Healing	p. 237
Introduction	p. 237
Secondary Development	p. 240
Healing	p. 244
Exorcism in the Ministry of Jesus	p. 247
Healing Other Illnesses	p. 256
The Mighty Works of a Prophet	p. 271
Jesus Was Not a Magician	p. 275
Conclusions	p. 278
Jesus' Ethical Teaching	p. 281
Introduction	p. 281
Repentance	p. 282
The Torah	p. 284
Particular Ethical Instructions	p. 288
Divorce and the Family	p. 295
The Good Samaritan	p. 301
Poverty and Riches	p. 305
Two Problems	p. 309
Observing Jesus' Ethical Teaching	p. 310
Conclusions	p. 312
Jesus' Conflicts with His Opponents	p. 313
Introduction	p. 313
Scribes	p. 313
Pharisees	p. 315
Orthodoxy in Second Temple Judaism	p. 319
Jesus' Conflicts with Scribes and Pharisees	p. 320
Herod Antipas	p. 338
Chief Priests, Elders and Scribes	p. 344
Division	p. 349
Conclusions	p. 351
Christological Terms	p. 353
Introduction	p. 353
Prophet	p. 354
Teacher	p. 356
Son of Man: Introduction	p. 358
Son of Man: Genuine Sayings of Jesus	p. 361
Son of Man: The Translation Process	p. 369
Son of Man: Daniel 7.13	p. 374
Son of Man: Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection	p. 377
Son of Man: The Gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke	p. 381
Son of God	p. 388
Messiah, or Christ	p. 392
Conclusions	p. 399
Death in Jerusalem	p. 401
Introduction	p. 401
Preparing the Way	p. 403
Entry into Jerusalem, and the Cleansing of the Temple	p. 408
The Next Few Days	p. 415
Betrayal	p. 425
Jesus' Final Passover	p. 429
Arrest	p. 438
Trial and Conviction	p. 440
Crucifixion: A Bandit's Shameful Death	p. 445
A Bandit's Shameful Burial	p. 448
Conclusions	p. 453
Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?	p. 455
Introduction	p. 455
Early Experiences and Belief	p. 456
Gospel Appearance Narratives	p. 461
Jewish Beliefs in Resurrection	p. 466
The Gospel Narratives Again	p. 473
Appearances, Visions, Apparitions and Hallucinations	p. 488
Conclusions	p. 497
Conclusions	p. 499
Further Reading	p. 509
Appendix. Other Gospels	p. 511
Introduction	p. 511
The Gospel of John	p. 511
The Gospel of Thomas	p. 525
The Gospel of Judas	p. 534
The Gospel of Mary	p. 535
The Gospel of Philip	p. 537
The Secret Gospel of Mark	p. 539
Conclusions	p. 543
Index	p. 545
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