Historical Jesus
What Can We Know and How Can We Know It?
Published on 1. February 2011
101 pages
978-1-4674-3431-7 (ISBN)
Description
Historical Jesus asks two primary questions: What does "e;historical"e; mean? and How should we apply this to Jesus?Anthony Le Donne begins with the unusual step of considering human perception - how sensory data from sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell are interpreted from the very beginning by what we expect, what we've learned, and how we categorize the world. In this way Le Donne shows how historical memories are initially formed. He continues with the nature of human memory and how it interacts with group memories. Finally, he offers a philosophy of history and uses it to outline three dimensions from the life of Jesus: his dysfunctional family, his politics, and his final confrontation in Jerusalem.This little book is ideal for those with no background in religious studies - even those with no faith - who wish to better understand who Jesus was and how we can know what we do know about him.
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02/2011
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword, by Dale C. Allison Jr.
- In Gratitude
- Beginnings
- Part One
- Questions I: Totally Mental?
- Perception I: Thinking from the Outside In
- Memory I: Family Matters
- History I: A Type of Now
- Jesus I: Dysfunctional Family
- Part Two
- Questions II: Could It Be. Satan?
- Perception II: Understanding Is Construing
- Memory II: Variation and Stability
- History II: Between Certainty and History
- Jesus II: Talking Politics
- Part Three
- Questions III: Do You Think You're What They Say You Are?
- Perception III: Believing Is Seeing
- Memory III: Through a Glass Darkly
- History III: If Memory Serves
- Jesus III: The Big Stage
- New Beginnings
- Notes
