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Constructing Jesus : memory, imagination, and history / Dale C. Allison, Jr

By: Material type: TextPublication details: London : SPCK, c2010.Description: xxix, 588 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780281063581
  • 0281063583
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 232.908 ALL
Contents:
The general and the particular : memories of Jesus -- More than a sage : the eschatology of Jesus. Excursus 1 : the kingdom of God and the world to come ; Excursus 2 : the continuity between John the Baptist and Jesus -- More than a prophet : the Christology of Jesus -- More than an aphorist : the discourses of Jesus -- Death and memory : the passion of Jesus -- Memory and invention : how much history?
"Presenting the fruit of several decades of research, Allison contends that the standard criteria most scholars have employed and continue to employ for constructing the historical Jusus are of little value. His pioneering alternative applies recent findings from cognitive science about human memory to our reading of the Gospels in order to 'construct Jesus' more soundly" -- BOOK JACKET
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Open Shelf Books Bishop Bukenya Library Open Access / General collection 232.908 ALL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 153957

Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-533) and indexes

The general and the particular : memories of Jesus -- More than a sage : the eschatology of Jesus. Excursus 1 : the kingdom of God and the world to come ; Excursus 2 : the continuity between John the Baptist and Jesus -- More than a prophet : the Christology of Jesus -- More than an aphorist : the discourses of Jesus -- Death and memory : the passion of Jesus -- Memory and invention : how much history?

"Presenting the fruit of several decades of research, Allison contends that the standard criteria most scholars have employed and continue to employ for constructing the historical Jusus are of little value. His pioneering alternative applies recent findings from cognitive science about human memory to our reading of the Gospels in order to 'construct Jesus' more soundly" -- BOOK JACKET

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