CONTENTS
Introduction
Abbreviations
Part 1. The Continuing Quest for the Historical Jesus
1. The "Third Quest" in Context
1906: The Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Discovery of the Apocalyptic Jesus 1906-1953: The Abandoned Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Search for the Kerygma of the Early Church
1953-1970: The New Quest for the Historical
Jesus and the Discovery of the Existentialist Jesus
1970-Present: The Third Quest for the Historical Jesus, Diverse Methods, and a Fragmented Synthesis
Conclusion
2. Models and Methods in the Quest for the
Historical Jesus
The Jesus of the Gaps
The Search for Criteria and Method
A Part of the Whole Jesus
The Rejection of the Misguided Quest
Conclusion: The Necessity of the Continuing Quest
3. Prophet of the Justice of the Reign of God: An Approach to the Historical Jesus
Jesus as a Prophet in the Gospels
Prophets in the Sayings of Jesus and the Gospel Traditions
Types of Prophets in the Second Temple Era and Time of Jesus
Israel's Prophetic Tradition in Historical Perspective
Jesus as Prophet of the Justice of the Reign of God Conclusion
Part 2. Jesus of Nazareth: A Contextual Approach
4. The Search for a Usable Context: Biblical Criticism and the Historical Jesus
The Problem of Defining Context
Form Criticism and the "Setting in Life"
Redaction Criticism and the Context of the Evangelist Literary Criticisms and Narrative Worlds
The Use of the Social Sciences and the Question of Context
Conclusion
5. The Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Quest for the Historical Galilee:
Jesus in the World of Agrarian Societies,
Aristocratic Empires, and Colonized Peoples
Advanced Agrarian Societies and Aristocratic Empires
The Two Faces of Colonial Occupation: Local Aristocracies and Client Kingship
Part 3. Jesus the Prophet and the Praxis of the Justice of the Reign of God: Conflicts in Context
6. "Something Greater than the Temple Is Here": Subverting the "Cave of Social Bandits"
A Reading of the Temple Incident
The Role of the Temple in Agrarian Societies and Aristocratic Empires: Legitimizing the Powers That Be
Jesus and the Temple
Conclusion
7. "What Is Written? How Do You Read?" The Torah: Debt, Purity, and Social Control
The Quest for the Historical Synagogue
Who Were the Pharisees?
The Great Tradition and the Little Tradition
Jesus and the Torah
8. Resistance and Conflict: Jesus' Healings and Debates
"The Weightier Matters of the Torah" (Matt. 23:23)
Conclusion
9. The Temple, the Land, and the Reign of God
The Land and the Temple: An Indissoluble Bond?
Conclusion
Part 4. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem: The "Show Trial" in Jerusalem
10. The "Show Trial" in Jerusalem:
"Why? What Evil Has He Done?"
The Rap Sheet on Jesus
The Show Trial in Jerusalem
Conclusion
11. A Concluding Unhistorical Postscript
Why Seek the Living among the Dead?
Jesus and Christology
Conclusion
