Saint Saul [[electronic resource] ] : a skeleton key to the historical Jesus / / Donald Harman Akenson

• Autore: Akenson Donald H
• Pubblicazione: Montreal [Que.], : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (357 p.)
• Disciplina: 232.9/08
• Soggetto topico: RELIGION / General
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-309) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- The World of Saul of Tarsus and Yeshua of Nazareth -- The Wounded Magus -- Exciting Times: The Religious World of Saul of Tarsus and Yeshua -- Avoiding Words that Make Us Lie -- The Front-Edge Quest -- The Search for a Distant Dominion -- Minting New Gospels -- A Skeleton Key to the Yeshua-Faith -- Saul’s Life and Letters -- Missionary in a Swirling Universe -- Saul and Four Basic “Facts” About the Historical Yeshua -- Melding Saul and the Gospels: A Beginning -- Words from the Master’s Table -- Saul and the Imitation of Christ -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Appendix -- Winnie-the-Pooh and the Jesus Seminar -- Hubris and Plasticity in the “Q”-Industry -- Index of Subjects -- Index to References to Ancient Texts
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Saint Saul
• ISBN: 0-7735-7447-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782197903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II