Jesus & Utopia: Looking for the Kingdom of God in the Roman World

by Mary Ann Beavis

Book Overview

Scholarship on the historical Jesus and, now, on the "Jesus movement" generally divides into separate camps around two sticky questions: was Jesus an apocalyptic prophet and was the movement around him political, that is nationalistic or revolutionary? Mary Ann Beavis moves the study of the historical Jesus in a dramatic new direction as she highlights the context of ancient utopian thought and utopian communities, drawing particularly on the Essene...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800635620
• ISBN13: 9780800635626
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"