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Resources
for Studying Historical Jesus/Christology
(Check the Scripture
Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific books and
pericopes)
 | Son
of God, articles, video, history, quizzes, photographs from BBC Religion
and Ethics. |
| A number of recent articles on the
historical Jesus at
Bible and Interpretation. |
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"Excavating
Jesus," Jonathan Reed, University of LaVerne, Bible and Interpretation. |
| "Jesus
of Nazareth," from Introduction to the Bible: Online Resources,
Carol Taylor, Chowan College. |
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"The Problem of the Life of Jesus," from A Historical Introduction to the New
Testament, Robert M. Grant, 1963. Full text at Religion Online. |
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Jesus, Martin Dibelius, 1949. Full text at Religion Online. |
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Jesus and the Language of the Kingdom, Norman Perrin, 1976. Full text
at Religion Online. |
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The
Quest of the Historical Jesus: A Critical Study of its Progress from Reimarus
to Wrede, Albert Schweitzer. Full Text online. |
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Jesus in the First Three Gospels, Millar Burrows. Full text of book
online at Religion Online. |
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"The Jewish
Messiahs," (Oxford University Press, 2001) Harris Lenowitz, Bible and
Interpretation 2003. |
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Rediscovering the Teaching of Jesus, Norman Perrin, 1967. Full text at
Religion Online. |
| "The
Significance of the Work of the Jesus Seminar for Judaism," Sanford
Lowe, The Fourth R, 1992. |
| "Jesus
in Historical Context," E.P. Sanders, Duke University. Theology
Today, October, 1993. |
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Jesus Lord and Christ, John Knox, 1969. Full Text at Religion
Online. |
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"Jesus
of Nazareth and the Watershed of Ancient Orality and Literacy," Thomas E.
Boomershine, Semeia 65: Orality
and Textuality in Early Christian Literature, 1994. |
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"Jesus
and Tradition: Words in Time, Words in Space," Werner H. Kelber, Semeia 65:
Orality and Textuality in Early Christian Literature, 1994. |
| "The
Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith: Some Contemporary
Reflections," Richard N. Longnecker, Yorkminster Park Theological
Forum, McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry, 1999. |
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"The Historical Jesus and Christian Preaching," Marcus Borg, The
Christian Century, 1985. At Religion Online. |
| The
Search for Jesus, special section of articles & interviews at BeliefNet,
2000. |
| Historical
Jesus Materials and Methodology, archives of the
on-line seminar with John Dominic Crossan held in early 2000 on the X-Talk
Historical Jesus discussion list. Available in either HTML or MS Word at the
X-Talk homepage. |
| "The
Meaning of Jesus," at "Christianity Online's" Books and Culture,
1999. Six scholars (Borg, Wright, Pagels, Crossan, King, Hays) explain why they study the
origins of Christianity -- and why it matters. |
| "A
Renaissance in Jesus Studies," Marcus J. Borg, Theology Today,
1988. |
| Jesus
and the Word, Rudolph Bultmann. Full text of book at Religion
Online. |
| The
Messiah in the New Testament in the Light of Rabbinical Writings,
Risto Santala, trans Michael G. Cox. Full text online. |
| "The
Religious Cancer of Racism," James H. Cone. beliefnet.
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| Jesus: Today,
Tomorrow, Forever, resources connected with the year 2000 Passion Play
by the Churches of Cheltenham. |
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"'Ecce
Vir' or, Gendering the Son of Man," David J.A. Clines, University
of Sheffield, Biblical into Cultural Studies Colloquium, Sheffield, April
1997. |
| "The
Real Jesus of the Sayings 'Q' Gospel," James M. Robinson, 1997. At Religion
Online. |
| Debate
Between Marcus Borg and N.T. Wright, audio files from Fresh Air, May 20,
1999. |
| Jesus.
Homepage for an intriguing course designed and taught by Dr. Mark Goodacre
at the University of Birmingham. |
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"Reshuffling the Gospels: Jesus According to Spong and Wilson," Luke
Timothy Johnson. Religion Online. |
| "Jewish
Voices about Jesus," Gerhardt Bodendorfer, at Jewish Christian Relations. |
| "Jesus
and the Jews - Today," Dow Marmur, at the Jewish-Christian Relations
site. |
| "Aher
and Jesus," David G. Schwartz, at the Jewish-Christian Relations site. |
| Study
Guide for the Life of Jesus, F.E. Peters. |
| Who
Was the Historical Jesus? Dr. Sheila E. McGinn, John Carroll University. |
| The
Historical Jesus Puzzle, by William R.G. Loader, Murdoch University, Australia. |
| The
Life of Jesus, by Ernest Renan, 1861. Complete text at Internet Infidels. |
| Jesus
for a No-God World, by Neill Q. Hamilton, 1969. Complete text at Religion
Online. |
| God
With a Human Face, John C. Purdy. Complete Text at Religion
Online. |
| "The Risks of
Repeating Ourselves: Reading Feminist/Womanist Figures of Jesus," Karen Trimble
Alliaume. |
| "The Gospels and the Life of Jesus," Part Two of An
Introduction to the New Testament by Richard Heard. Full text of
book online at Religion Online. |
| Preaching
Jesus to Skeptics by Dr. Rodney J. Decker, Bible Baptist Seminary. |
| Life
of Christ by Terry Paige. Course Outline and Readings for Bibl242,
Houghton College. |
| Jesus of Nazareth in
Early Christian Gospels by Andrew Bernhard. |
| The Jesus
Seminar Forum (official site). |
| "The Gospel
According to the Jesus Seminar," critique by Birger Pearson, University of
California |
| Portrait of Jesus:
From Galilean Jew to the Face of God. Cam
Howard's webpage on the work of Marcus Borg. |
| From Jesus to Christ: The
First Christians. Articles, images and links from the webpage accompanying the PBS
Frontline series. |
| "Magic
and Miracle," lectures and resources from Justin Meggitt, Cambridge University. |
| J.P.
Meier, "The Present State of the 'Third Quest' for the Historical
Jesus: Loss and Gain," Biblica 80 (1999) 459-487. Abstract. |
| "Reshuffling
the Gospels: Jesus According to Spong and Wilson," by Luke Timothy Johnson. At Religion Online. |
| "The
Second Coming of the Liberal Jesus?" by Leander E. Keck. At Religion Online. |
| "Jesus
the Jew," by William R.G. Loader, Murdoch University, Australia. |
| "Israel's
Prodigal Son: Reflections on Reimaging Jesus," Mahlon H. Smith,
Rutgers University. |
| "A
Little Leaven: Jesus in Dialectical Perspective," by Mahlon H. Smith, Rutgers
University. |
| "Can
the Historical Jesus Be Made Safe for Orthodoxy?" Robert J. Miller, Journal
of Higher Criticism. |
| "Women
in the Life and Teachings of Jesus," James A. Borland, from Recovering
Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism, ed. John Piper
and Wayne Grudem. |
| "In
Search of Jesus," from U.S. News & World Report, 1996. |
| The Messianic
Figure in Film: Christology Beyond the Biblical Epic, by Matthew McEver. Journal
of Religion and Film, Volume 2, Number 2, Fall 1998. |
| "Was
Jesus a Philosophical Cynic?" Bruce Griffin. |
| Jesus in
Film: Hollywood Perspectives on the Jewishness of Jesus, Adele Reinhartz. Journal
of Religion and Film, Volume 2, Number 2, Fall 1998. |
| "The
Quest to Digest Jesus, Recent Books on the Historical Jesus," Mark
Goodacre in Reviews in Religion and Theology, 2000. |
| "The
Wright Quest for the Historical Jesus," Ben Witherington III. Review of
N.T.
Wright's Jesus and the Victory of God. At Religion On-Line. |
| "La
recherche du Jésus historique," Armand Puig i Tàrrech, Biblica
81 (2000). (English Abstract) |
| "The
Historical Jesus and the Historical Samaritans: What can be Said?"
John P. Meier, Biblica 81 (2000). (English
Abstract) |
| Literal and Figurative Jesus Themed Movies at
The
Text This Week's
Movie Concordance |
| Images at The Text This Week's Art
Concordance:
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