
Boy Jesus
Growing Up Judean in Turbulent Times
Joan Taylor(Author)
Zondervan Academic (Publisher)
Published on 11. March 2025
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-310-17465-3 (ISBN)
Description
As a boy, Jesus was a refugee, an outsider, an immigrant in Galilee in which he grew up, and affected by horrific atrocities by the occupying Roman overlords.
All this and more is explored in this scholarly but highly accessible investigation into the world of Jesus, ranging from his birth to his coming of age and beyond. Joan Taylor, a world authority on the history and literature of the first century CE, draws both on the latest archaeological findings and on the historical clues to be found within ancient texts of the period. The result is a book that brings the story of Jesus' childhood clearly and vividly to life as never before, while also pointing to the many ways in which Jesus' experiences as a child are likely to have influenced his life, attitudes, and actions as an adult.
All this and more is explored in this scholarly but highly accessible investigation into the world of Jesus, ranging from his birth to his coming of age and beyond. Joan Taylor, a world authority on the history and literature of the first century CE, draws both on the latest archaeological findings and on the historical clues to be found within ancient texts of the period. The result is a book that brings the story of Jesus' childhood clearly and vividly to life as never before, while also pointing to the many ways in which Jesus' experiences as a child are likely to have influenced his life, attitudes, and actions as an adult.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Zondervan
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
546 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-310-17465-3 (9780310174653)
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Joan Taylor is Professor Emerita of Christian Origins and Second Temple Judaism, King's College London, and Honorary Professor in Biblical and Early Christian Studies, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. Her recent books include The Essenes, the Scrolls and the Dead Sea (OUP, 2012), What Did Jesus Look Like? (Bloomsbury, 2018) and (with Helen Bond) Women Remembered: Jesus' Female Disciples (Hodder, 2022).
Content
Figures and Plates
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Timeline
Chapter 1: Identity: Jew, Judahite and Judaean
Chapter 2: Heritage: Seed of David
Chapter 3: Location: Bethlehem
Chapter 4: Born Jesus: The Gospel of Matthew
Chapter 5: Born Jesus: Luke and Beyond
Chapter 6: Refugee: Into Egypt
Chapter 7: Return: A Time of Hope
Chapter 8: Growing up Galilean
Chapter 9: Growing up Jesus
Conclusions
Endnotes
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Timeline
Chapter 1: Identity: Jew, Judahite and Judaean
Chapter 2: Heritage: Seed of David
Chapter 3: Location: Bethlehem
Chapter 4: Born Jesus: The Gospel of Matthew
Chapter 5: Born Jesus: Luke and Beyond
Chapter 6: Refugee: Into Egypt
Chapter 7: Return: A Time of Hope
Chapter 8: Growing up Galilean
Chapter 9: Growing up Jesus
Conclusions
Endnotes
Bibliography