LEADER 03767oam 2200577 a 450 001 9910782197903321 005 20231206233350.0 010 $a0-7735-7447-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773574472 035 $a(CKB)1000000000520675 035 $a(OCoLC)244766346 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10193464 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000283883 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11195417 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283883 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10250897 035 $a(PQKB)10925393 035 $a(CaPaEBR)420127 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00212101 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/zq14nb 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/7/420127 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3331790 035 $a(DE-B1597)655523 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773574472 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3250073 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000520675 100 $a20000308d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSaint Saul$b[electronic resource] $ea skeleton key to the historical Jesus /$fDonald Harman Akenson 210 $aMontreal [Que.] $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (357 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-2090-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [259]-309) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPrologue -- $tThe World of Saul of Tarsus and Yeshua of Nazareth -- $tThe Wounded Magus -- $tExciting Times: The Religious World of Saul of Tarsus and Yeshua -- $tAvoiding Words that Make Us Lie -- $tThe Front-Edge Quest -- $tThe Search for a Distant Dominion -- $tMinting New Gospels -- $tA Skeleton Key to the Yeshua-Faith -- $tSaul?s Life and Letters -- $tMissionary in a Swirling Universe -- $tSaul and Four Basic ?Facts? About the Historical Yeshua -- $tMelding Saul and the Gospels: A Beginning -- $tWords from the Master?s Table -- $tSaul and the Imitation of Christ -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tAppendix -- $tWinnie-the-Pooh and the Jesus Seminar -- $tHubris and Plasticity in the ?Q?-Industry -- $tIndex of Subjects -- $tIndex to References to Ancient Texts 330 $aIn this follow-up to his acclaimed Surpassing Wonder, Akenson recreates the world of Christ, a time rich with ideas, prophets, factions, priests, savants, and god-drunk fanatics. Saint Saul sheds light on Yeshua's birth and his relationship to his family, clarifies Yeshua's views on issues such as divorce and resurrection, and examines his sense of himself as Messiah. Throughout Saint Saul Akenson insistently stresses the Jewishness of Yeshua. He dismisses the traditional way of searching for facts about him by looking for parallels among the four gospels, arguing that the gospels were handed down as a unit by a later generation. In contrast Saul, although he did not know Yeshua personally, knew his most important followers and wrote immediately after his death. Saul's teachings were approved, though sometimes reluctantly, by Yeshua's brothers and other early leaders. Akenson sifts and probes the evidence for and against the historical status of Saul and Yeshua, a mystery as fascinating as a good detective story and one where readers must come to their own conclusions about the circumstances and texts that gave rise to two great world-faiths, Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism. 606 $aRELIGION / General$2bisacsh 615 7$aRELIGION / General. 676 $a232.9/08 700 $aAkenson$b Donald H$0482657 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782197903321 996 $aSaint Saul$93822781 997 $aUNINA