Book contents
- Jesus in Context
- Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society
- Jesus in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Introduction and Purpose of This Book
- Part I Setting the Scene
- 1 Sources for Our Knowledge of Jesus’ Context
- 2 The Historical and Social Contexts
- 3 The Religious Context
- 4 Our Sources of Information about Jesus
- 5 The Writing of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
- 6 Finding the Historical Jesus
- Part II Jesus’ Life, Ministry and Teaching
- Select Bibliography
- Index
1 - Sources for Our Knowledge of Jesus’ Context
from Part I - Setting the Scene
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 October 2021
Book contents
- Jesus in Context
- Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society
- Jesus in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Introduction and Purpose of This Book
- Part I Setting the Scene
- 1 Sources for Our Knowledge of Jesus’ Context
- 2 The Historical and Social Contexts
- 3 The Religious Context
- 4 Our Sources of Information about Jesus
- 5 The Writing of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
- 6 Finding the Historical Jesus
- Part II Jesus’ Life, Ministry and Teaching
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
People sometimes imagine that we know very little about the world of Jesus and his context, and would be surprised at the range of sources and at the quantity of information that we have, in addition to the Bible itself. It is far from being lost in the mists of antiquity: we have (1) evidence on the ground – geography and archaeology; (2) a wealth of information about the Roman Empire in the time of Jesus; and (3) a variety of important and relevant Jewish sources.
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- Jesus in ContextMaking Sense of the Historical Figure, pp. 5 - 9Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021