The Real Jesus: Then and NowFortress Press, 18 juin 2010 - 160 pages In Searching for the Real Jesus, Geza Vermes, best known for his work on the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jesus of history, offers lucid and engaging presentations of his lifelong research, along with comments on a variety of contemporary religious themes, such as The Da Vinci Code, Mel Gibson's infamous film The Passion of the Christ, Benedict XVI's book Jesus of Nazareth and the Gospel of Judas. Informed by the work of a world-class scholar, the short articles in this book open to the general reader the findings of some of the major discoveries of the twentieth century, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, especially as they shed light on contemporary religious and biblical questions. |
Table des matières
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Jesus the Jew | 19 |
The Changing Faces of Jesus in the New Testament and since | 25 |
Jesus God in Spite of Himself | 35 |
When You Strip Away All the Pious Fiction What Is Left of the Real Jesus? | 40 |
Jesus Was a Great Man | 44 |
Benedict XVI and Jesus of Nazareth A Review | 47 |
The Truth about the Historical Jesus | 51 |
Part Three The Dead Sea Scrolls | 111 |
Secret of the Scrolls | 113 |
Exploring the Scrolls | 117 |
The Qumran Community and the Essenes | 129 |
Midrash in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament | 138 |
Part Four Miscellanea | 147 |
The Notion of the Covenant in the Dead Sea Scrolls | 149 |
TaxCollectors | 156 |
Was Jesus Really Human? | 60 |
A Television Documentary on Christ and the British Press | 63 |
Part Two Christmas Passion Easter | 71 |
The Nativity Narratives Seen by a Historian | 73 |
Matthews Nativity Is Charming and Frightening But Its a Jewish Myth | 84 |
Celluloid Brutality | 88 |
The Passion | 92 |
Caiaphas Was Innocent? | 99 |
Iscariot and the Dark Path to the Field of Blood | 103 |
The Resurrection | 107 |
Christian Origins in a Nutshell | 161 |
The Great Da Vinci Code Distraction | 165 |
Whats Sex Got to Do with It? | 171 |
The Evolution of Religious Ideas | 173 |
Lets Hope Vatican Politics Do Not Hinder the Holy Spirit | 176 |
Moving on from Reproach to Rapprochement | 180 |
Acknowedgement of Sources | 184 |
Back Cover | 187 |
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