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Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts (Paperback)

by John Dominic Crossan (Author), Jonathan L. Reed (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: SPCK Publishing (15 Feb 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0281054886
  • ISBN-13: 978-0281054886
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.4 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 360,288 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"This is a fascinating and exhilarating study, which breathes new life into the quest for the historical Jesus." Karen Armstrong, author of A History of God

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Jesus scholar John Dominic Crossan joins archaeologist Jonathan Reed to illuminate the life and teaching of Jesus against the background of his world.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Money and Power, 2 Jul 2002
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A consistent theme runs through EXCAVATING JESUS that the Romanized economy in Galilee exploited the Jewish peasants - many of whom were forced off the land. Jesus himself is portrayed as a marginalized peasant who found the social unrest in Galilee a fertile environment in which to start a popular movement of protest.

The evidence which Crossan and Reed present is compelling and I applaud their method of using archaeological and eschatological tools simultaneously. The book contains much dense material but it definitely provides the reader with a worthwhile learning experience. It is also not the end but rather the beginning of an exciting story that will be told in the coming years.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Relentlessly Digging For The Truth, 29 Jun 2002
By Peter Kenney (Birmingham, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews
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EXCAVATING JESUS is a very ambitious book. In order to fully appreciate the depth and seriousness of the effort it is essential to gain a good understanding of the author's methods of research as described in the book's introduction.

The most important thing I am learning from Crossan and Reed is that there is much more left to be uncovered about the historical Jesus. What I see in Crossan and Reed's studies are the possibilities for further explorations.

Crossan and Reed emphasize the itinerancy and commensality of the earliest Christians. Their theories are based on the existence of the Q Gospel and the independence of the Gospel of Thomas. In the future both of these assumptions may be altered due to additional discoveries. Meanwhile their greatest contribution may be simply in showing us the possibilities that lie in relentlessly digging for the truth.

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5.0 out of 5 stars No Need For Christians To Fear New Discoveries, 17 Jun 2002
By Rosemary Brunschwyler (Homewood, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews
Believing Christians need not fear any new discoveries about the life of Jesus and the birth of Christianity. New advances in textual understanding and future archaeological finds will only make the historical Jesus more real and the living Christ even more remarkable. I recommend this book to anybody who is seeking the truth.
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