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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : SPCK, 2010 Description: xxix, 588 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780281063581
  • 0281063583
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BT303.2  .A45 2010
Contents:
|tThe general and the particular : memories of Jesus -- |tMore than a sage : the eschatology of Jesus.|tExcursus 1 : the kingdom of God and the world to come ;|tExcursus 2 :the continuity between John the Baptist and Jesus --|tMore than a prophet : the Christology of Jesus --|tMore than an aphorist : the discourses of Jesus --|tDeath and memory : the passion of Jesus --|tMemory and invention : how much history?
Summary: "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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Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) General Circulation Non-fiction BT303.2 .A45 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 6 Available 064170
Bishop Okullu Memorial Library (Limuru Campus) General Circulation Non-fiction BT303.2 .A45 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 5 Available 063681
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|tThe general and the particular : memories of Jesus -- |tMore than a sage : the eschatology of Jesus.|tExcursus 1 : the kingdom of God and the world to come ;|tExcursus 2 :the continuity between John the Baptist and Jesus --|tMore than a prophet : the Christology of Jesus --|tMore than an aphorist : the discourses of Jesus --|tDeath and memory : the passion of Jesus --|tMemory 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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