Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to Jesus
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to Jesus
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Referencing and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Origins
- Part II The Diversity of Reception
- Part III Ethics, Theology, and Critical Scholarship
- 13 Jesus in Christian Discipleship and Ethics
- 14 The Body of Jesus in His People
- 15 The Church’s Jesus in Modern Theology
- 16 The History of Jesus in Biblical Scholarship
- Part IV The Global Jesus Today
- Part V Outlook
- Bibliography
- Ancient Sources Index
- Subject Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
16 - The History of Jesus in Biblical Scholarship
from Part III - Ethics, Theology, and Critical Scholarship
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 November 2024
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Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to Jesus
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to Jesus
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Referencing and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Origins
- Part II The Diversity of Reception
- Part III Ethics, Theology, and Critical Scholarship
- 13 Jesus in Christian Discipleship and Ethics
- 14 The Body of Jesus in His People
- 15 The Church’s Jesus in Modern Theology
- 16 The History of Jesus in Biblical Scholarship
- Part IV The Global Jesus Today
- Part V Outlook
- Bibliography
- Ancient Sources Index
- Subject Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
Summary
The chapter gives a broadly chronological account of the ‘quest of the historical Jesus’. The discussion raises questions about the meaning of the term ‘historical Jesus’, the extent to which the ‘quest’ can be divided into self-contained periods of study, and about the purpose of such study, especially when it is approached with different methodologies and presuppositions. Such disputation, it is argued, should encourage an attitude of modesty among scholars involved in the ‘quest.’
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- The New Cambridge Companion to Jesus , pp. 265 - 280Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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Further Reading
Allison, Dale C. 2010. Constructing Jesus: Memory, Imagination, and History. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic.Google Scholar
Bermejo-Rubio, Fernando 2009. ‘The Fiction of the “Three Quests”: An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Historiographical Paradigm.’ JSHJ 7: 211–53.Google Scholar
Brown, Colin, with Craig A. Evans. 2022. A History of the Quests for the Historical Jesus. 2 vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic.Google Scholar
Käsemann, Ernst. 1964. ‘The Problem of the Historical Jesus.’ In Essays on New Testament Themes, 15–47. London: SCM.Google Scholar
Keith, Chris and Le Donne, Anthony, eds. 2013. Jesus, Criteria, and the Demise of Authenticity. London: T&T Clark.Google Scholar
Keith, Chris et al., eds. 2020. The Reception of Jesus in the First Three Centuries. 3 vols. London: T & T Clark.Google Scholar
Meggitt, Justin. 2023. “Putting the Apocalyptic Jesus to the Sword: Why Were Jesus’s Disciples Armed?” JSNT 45: 371–404.Google Scholar
Pals, Daniel L. 1982. The Victorian Lives of Jesus. San Antonio: Trinity University Press.Google Scholar
Schröter, Jens and Jacobi, Christine. 2022. The Jesus Handbook. Eerdmans: Grand Rapids.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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