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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786454903321

Autore

Os Van Bas

Titolo

Psychological analyses and the historical Jesus : new ways to explore christian origins / / Van Bas Os

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, New York : , : T & T Clark, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

0-567-38043-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Collana

Library of New Testament Studies ; ; 432

Disciplina

232.903

Soggetti

Christianity - Origin

Psychology and religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Continuum imprint"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Foreword; PART ONE: THE LIMITS AND POTENTIAL OF PSYCHOBIOGRAPHY; Introduction to Part One; 1. The Exile of the Psychological Jesus; 2. The Problem of Writing a Psychobiography of Jesus; 3. A Theoretical Jesus and Early Christianity; PART TWO: FOLLOWERS OF JESUS AND THEIR MEMORIES OF HIM; Introduction to Part Two; 4. Demographics and First-Generation Followers of Jesus; 5. Modelling a New Religious Movement; 6. The Memory of Jesus in Paul's Letters and the Gospels; PART THREE: PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF JESUS AND HIS IMPACT; Introduction to Part Three

7. Attachment to the Father8. The Rational Choice of Jesus' Friends and Family; 9. The Spirit of Jesus' Healings; 10. Coping with Death; 11. The Role of Christ the Lord; 12. Conclusions and Reflections; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Since Albert Schweitzer''s monumental work, nearly a century ago, psychology has been banned from Historical Jesus research. But both disciplines have advanced and it is time to review the contribution that psychology can make. Bas Van Os examines the problems which surround both the historical and the psychological study of Jesus, such as the fact that we can only work with the surviving traditions that some of his early followers left us. Following this, Van Os proposes a theoretical framework that combines sound psychological theories and



critical biblical scholarship to explain how Jesus''