The Historical Jesus: A Guide for the Perplexed

by Helen Bond and Helen K. Bond

Book Overview

The introduction to this new guide sets out the sources (Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Christian), noting the problems connected with them, paying particular attention to the nature of the gospels, and the Synoptic versus the Johannine tradition. A substantial section will discuss scholarship on Jesus from the nineteenth century to the explosion of works in the present day, introducing and explaining the three different 'quests' for the historical Jesus...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567033171
• ISBN13: 9780567033178
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.7"