Jesus and the Rise of Nationalism: A New Quest for the Nineteenth Century Historical Jesus

by Halvor Moxnes

Book Overview

The great German theologian Albert Schweitzer famously drew a line under nineteenth-century historical Jesus research by showing that at the bottom of the well lay not the face of Joseph's son, but rather the features of all the New Testament scholars who had tried to reveal his elusive essence. In his thoughtful and provocative new book, Halvor Moxnes takes Schweitzer's observation much further: the doomed 'quest for the historical Jesus' was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788310764
• ISBN13: 9781788310765
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"