The Prophet Jesus and the Renewal of Israel: Moving Beyond a Diversionary Debate

Debate over whether or not Jesus can be best interpreted within an apocalyptic scenario has continued to dominate historical Jesus studies since Schweitzer and Bultmann. In The Prophet Jesus and the Renewal of Israel Richard Horsley shows that the apocalyptic scenario -- with its supposed expectation of the end of the world, the fiery last judgment, and the parousia of the Son of Man -- is a modern scholarly construct that obscures the particulars of texts, society, and history.

Drawing on his wide-ranging earlier scholarship, Horsley refocuses and reformulates investigation of the historical Jesus in a thoroughly relational-contextual approach. He recognizes that the sources for the historical Jesus are not separate sayings, but rather the sustained Gospel narratives of Jesus' mission. Horsley's new approach finds Jesus the popular prophet engaged in a movement of renewal, resistance, and judgment against Roman imperialism, Jerusalem rulers, and the Pharisees.

Author: Richard Horsley
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 11/01/2012
Pages: 161
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780802868077

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2013

About the Author
Horsley, Richard: - Richard Horsley is distinguished professor emeritus of liberalarts and the study of religion at the University ofMassachusetts, Boston. Among his many previous booksare Jesus and Empire and Jesus and thePowers.,

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