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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781767803321

Autore

Freyne Sean

Titolo

Jesus, a Jewish Galilean [[electronic resource] ] : A New Reading of the Jesus Story

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2010

ISBN

1-283-27118-4

9786613271181

0-567-58853-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Disciplina

232.9

Soggetti

Galilee (Israel) -- History

Jesus Christ -- Biography

Jesus Christ -- Person and offices

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Maps; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Jesus, Jews and Galilee: Introducing the Issues; 2 Jesus and the Ecology of Galilee; 3 Stories of Conquest and Settlement; 4 Zion Beckons; 5 Confronting the Challenges of Empire; 6 Death in Jerusalem; Epilogue: Return to Galilee; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index of References; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

These provided the raw material for Jesus' own response to the issues of the day, from which he fashioned his own distinctive views of Israel's restoration and his own role in that project. Although Freyne is in touch with all recent scholarship about the historical Jesus, he brings his own distinctive take on the issues both with regard to Galilean society and Jesus' grounding in his own religious tradition. His Jesus is both Jewish and yet distinctive in his concerns and the ways in which he responds to the ecological, social and religious issues of his own time and place. Freyne seeks to re