CONTENTS
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
GLOSSARY
FIRST BOOK: THE SOURCES GENERAL
REMARKS
I. THE HEBREW SOURCES: (A) TALMUD
AND MIDRASH (B) "TOL'DOTH YESHU"
II. THE GREEK AND LATIN SOURCES:
(A) JOSEPHUS
(B) TACITUS, SUETONIUS AND PLINY
THE YOUNGER
III. PAUL THE APOSTLE
IV. THE EARLY FATHERS OF THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
V. THE APOCRYPHAL AND UNCANONICAL
GOSPELS
VI. THE CANONICAL GOSPELS AND THE
STUDY OF THE LIFE OF JESUS
VII. SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS.
SECOND BOOK: THE PERIOD GENERAL
REMARKS
1. POLITICAL CONDITIONS
II. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
III. RELIGIOUS AND INTELLECTUAL
CONDITIONS
THIRD BOOK: THE EARLY LIFE OF
JESUS: JOHN THE BAPTIST
I. THE CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH OF
JESUS
II. JOHN THE BAPTIST
III. THE BAPTISM OF JESUS: HIS
TEMPTATIONS AND HIS FIRST MANIFESTATION
FOURTH BOOK: THE BEGINNING OF
JESUS' MINISTRY
I. JESUS' EARLY MINISTRY: THE
PREACHER OF PARABLES AND THE PERFORMER OF MIRACLES
II. JESUS AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS
SUCCESS: HIS ENCOUNTER WITH THE PHARISEES
III. THE TWELVE APOSTLES: FRESH
ENCOUNTERS WITH THE PHARISEES
FIFTH BOOK: JESUS REVEALS
HIMSELF AS MESSIAH
I. JESUS IN THE BORDERS OF TYRE
AND SIDON AND IN DECAPOLIS
II. AT CESAREA PHILIPPI: JESUS
REVEALS HIM- SELF TO HIS DISCIPLES AS THE MESSIAH.
III. THE JOURNEY TO JERUSALEM: AT
JERICHO
IV. IN BETHPHAGE: JESUS REVEALS
HIMSELF PUB- LICLY AS MESSIAH.
SIXTH BOOK: JESUS IN JERUSALEM
I. THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE.
II. THE DISPUTES IN THE
TEMPLE-COURT
III. JUDAS ISCARIOT: THE LAST
SUPPER
IV. GETHSEMANE: THE GREAT TRAGEDY
SEVENTH BOOK: THE TRIAL AND
CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS
I. THE ARREST IN THE GARDEN OF
GETHSEMANE
II. THE TRIAL.
III. THE CRUCIFIXION
IV. THE ACCOUNT OF THE
RESURRECTION
EIGHTH BOOK: THE TEACHING OF
JESUS
I. GENERAL NOTE
II. THE JEWISHNESS OF JESUS
III. POINTS OF OPPOSITION BETWEEN
JUDAISM AND THE TEACHING OF JESUS
IV. JESUS' IDEA OF GOD
V. THE ETHICAL TEACHING OF JESUS
VI. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT AND THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
VII. THE CHARACTER OF JESUS AND
THE SECRET OF HIS INFLUENCE
VIII. CONCLUSION: WHAT IS JESUS
TO THE JEWS?
INDEX
