Publication

2008-03-18 - Routledge

Language

English

Word Count

176,250 words, Guess

Page Count

705 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100415975697
  • ISBN-139780415975698
  • LibraryThing5236219
  • Library of Congress Control Number2007029840
  • OCLC Control Number608155704
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  • OCLC Control Number156892026
  • Better World Books9780415975698
  • Better World BooksP8-APW-974
  • Open LibraryOL10209195M

Classifications

  • LCCBT303.2.E56 2008
  • LCCBT303.2 .E56 2008

Description

This Encyclopedia brings together the vast array of historical research into the reality of the man, the teachings, the acts, and the events ascribed to him that have served as the foundational story of one of the world's central religions. This kind of historiography is not biography. The historical study of the Jesus stories and the transmission of these stories through time have been of seminal importance to historians of religion. Critical historical examination has provided a way for scholars of Christianity for centuries to analyze the roots of legend and religion in a way that allows scholars an escape from the confines of dogma, belief, and theological interpretation. In recent years, historical Jesus studies have opened up important discussions concerning anti-Semitism and early Christianity and the political and ideological filtering of the Jesus story of early Christianity through the Roman empire and beyond. -- publisher description.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Encyclopedia of the Historical JesusHardcoverRoutledge2008-03-18

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