Comments on: Historical Jesus Reading List http://sitzimleben.com/2009/07/15/historical-jesus-reading-list/ The Jesus Tradition—Then and Now Mon, 10 May 2010 14:11:57 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: clayboy » Mainly Stuff with some Nonsense: this week’s link love http://sitzimleben.com/2009/07/15/historical-jesus-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1038 clayboy » Mainly Stuff with some Nonsense: this week’s link love Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:48:01 +0000 http://sitzimleben.com/?p=160#comment-1038 [...] Wason has an excellent list of key books for getting started in historical Jesus research. The discussion in the comments is well worth [...] [...] Wason has an excellent list of key books for getting started in historical Jesus research. The discussion in the comments is well worth [...]

]]> By: Stephen C. Carlson http://sitzimleben.com/2009/07/15/historical-jesus-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 Stephen C. Carlson Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:01:25 +0000 http://sitzimleben.com/?p=160#comment-1016 Pretty good list. I especially second the Reimarus reading. Very important for understanding the beginnings of critical scholarship. Pretty good list. I especially second the Reimarus reading. Very important for understanding the beginnings of critical scholarship.

]]> By: Matthew Burgess http://sitzimleben.com/2009/07/15/historical-jesus-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Matthew Burgess Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:32:22 +0000 http://sitzimleben.com/?p=160#comment-1015 This is a great list... it brought back many fond memories of my Historical Jesus course at YDS. :-) A few folks have mentioned Renan's Life of Jesus, which I think should be grouped among the most prominent texts of the First Quest both because of its contents and the fact that it represents one of the first (if not the first) substantial Roman Catholic contributions to the field. As much as I love Sanders (and if I had to answer Doug's question and pick just one book, it would be Jesus and Judaism), I don't think you can adequately consider the Third Quest without the combined works of Meier. Among other relatively recent books, I enjoyed Sean Freyne's Jesus: A Jewish Galilean (paperback 2004). This is a great list… it brought back many fond memories of my Historical Jesus course at YDS. :-) A few folks have mentioned Renan’s Life of Jesus, which I think should be grouped among the most prominent texts of the First Quest both because of its contents and the fact that it represents one of the first (if not the first) substantial Roman Catholic contributions to the field. As much as I love Sanders (and if I had to answer Doug’s question and pick just one book, it would be Jesus and Judaism), I don’t think you can adequately consider the Third Quest without the combined works of Meier.

Among other relatively recent books, I enjoyed Sean Freyne’s Jesus: A Jewish Galilean (paperback 2004).

]]> By: Brandon Wason http://sitzimleben.com/2009/07/15/historical-jesus-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 Brandon Wason Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:01:52 +0000 http://sitzimleben.com/?p=160#comment-1005 Flusser is a good suggestion and generally underrepresented. Thanks Jeff. Flusser is a good suggestion and generally underrepresented. Thanks Jeff.

]]> By: Jeff García http://sitzimleben.com/2009/07/15/historical-jesus-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-1003 Jeff García Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:52:28 +0000 http://sitzimleben.com/?p=160#comment-1003 It seems like other people have thrown in suggestions, so I will put mine in. An often overlooked volume is David Flusser's Jesus, now the Sage from Galilee (Eerdmans, 2008). It seems like other people have thrown in suggestions, so I will put mine in. An often overlooked volume is David Flusser’s Jesus, now the Sage from Galilee (Eerdmans, 2008).

]]> By: Brandon Wason http://sitzimleben.com/2009/07/15/historical-jesus-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-998 Brandon Wason Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:51:30 +0000 http://sitzimleben.com/?p=160#comment-998 Loren, that's cheating. Good response nonetheless. Loren, that’s cheating. Good response nonetheless.

]]> By: Loren Rosson http://sitzimleben.com/2009/07/15/historical-jesus-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-996 Loren Rosson Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:42:31 +0000 http://sitzimleben.com/?p=160#comment-996 Doug asked, "If you could read just one book, which would it be?" Hard to answer. For me, it would have to be Schweitzer for lyrical prose, Meier for resource value, and Allison for nailing Jesus down as good as humanly possible. Doug asked, “If you could read just one book, which would it be?” Hard to answer. For me, it would have to be Schweitzer for lyrical prose, Meier for resource value, and Allison for nailing Jesus down as good as humanly possible.

]]> By: Brandon Wason http://sitzimleben.com/2009/07/15/historical-jesus-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-995 Brandon Wason Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:18:12 +0000 http://sitzimleben.com/?p=160#comment-995 Doug, thanks for bringing up Harvey's book, which definitely gets at the problem of history! If If I had to pick just one book, I might settle on Schweitzer, although of course it misses out on 100+ years of scholarship. Otherwise Sanders is also an excellent choice. Doug, thanks for bringing up Harvey’s book, which definitely gets at the problem of history! If If I had to pick just one book, I might settle on Schweitzer, although of course it misses out on 100+ years of scholarship. Otherwise Sanders is also an excellent choice.

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