Studying the Historical Jesus: Evaluations of the State of Current Research

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by  Bruce D Chilton, Craig A. Evans

STUDYING
THE HISTORICAL JESUS
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NEW TESTAMENT TOOLS
AND STUDIES
EDITED BY
BRUCE M. METZGER, PH.D., D.D., L.H.D., D. THEOL., D. LITT.
Professor of New Testament Language and Literature, Emeritus
Princeton Theological Seminary
and
Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy
AND
BART D. EHRMAN, PH.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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1994
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Studying the historical Jesus : evaluations of the state of current
research / edited by Bruce Chilton and Craig A. Evans.
p. cm.- (New Testament tools and studies ; v. 19)
Includes indexes.
ISBN 9004099824 (cloth : alk. paper)
I. Jesus Christ-Historicity-Study and teaching. 2. Jesus
Christ-Biography-History and criticism. I. Chilton, Bruce.
II. Evans, Craig A. III. Series.
BT303.2.S78 1994
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CONTENTS
Preface ...................................... ... vii
Abbreviations .................................. ... ix
List of Contributors ................................. xv
CHARLESE.CARLSTON
Prologue ......................................... 1
MARCUS J. BORG
Reflections on a Discipline: A North American Perspective ...... 9
WILLIAM R. TELFORD
Major Trends and Interpretive Issues in the Study of Jesus ..... 33
SEAN FREYNE
The Geography, Politics, and Economics of Galilee
and the Quest for the Historical Jesus .................... 75
STANLEY E. PORTER
Jesus and the Use of Greek in Galilee ................... 123
JAMES D. G. DUNN
Jesus Tradition in Paul .............................. 155
ROBERT L. WEBB
John the Baptist and His Relationship to Jesus .............. 179
CRAIG L. BLOMBERG
The Parables of Jesus:
Current Trends and Needs in Research .................. 231
BRUCE CHILTON
The Kingdom of God in Recent Discussion ............... 255
BRUCE CHILTON and CRAIG A. EVANS
Jesus and Israel's Scriptures .......................... 281
BENF. MEYER
Jesus' Ministry and Self-Understanding .................. 337
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BARRYL.BLACKBURN
The Miracles of Jesus ............................... 353
RICHARD A. HORSLEY
The Death of Jesus ................................. 395
PHEME PERKINS
The Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth ................... 423
CRAIG A. EVANS
Jesus in Non-Christian Sources ........................ 443
JAMES H. CHARLESWORTH and CRAIG A. EVANS
Jesus in the Agrapha and Apocryphal Gospels .............. 479
HELMUT KOESTER
The Historical Jesus and the Historical Situation of the Quest:
An Epilogue ..................................... 535
CRAIG A. EVANS
Appendix: The Recently Published Dead Sea Scrolls
and the Historical Jesus .............................. 547
Index of Ancient Writings ............................ 567
Index of Modern Authors ............................ 597
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PREFACE
It was the suggestion of Julian Deahl, one of E. J. Brill's academic
editors, that led to the production of Studying the Historical Jesus:
Evaluations of the State of Current Research. He proposed that a
collection of critical studies be assembled that would function more or
less as a companion volume to Life of Jesus Research: An Annotated
Bibliography (NTTS 13; Leiden: Brill, 1989). The editors welcomed
Mr. Deahl's suggestion. Like the annotated bibliography, the present
volume is intended to provide readers, both graduate students and
veteran scholars, with a point of entry into some of the major topics
involved in the critical study of the historical. Jesus. The essays in
cluded in this volume evaluate current research, often proposing new
avenues for further investigation. A new edition of the annotated
bibliography will soon be forthcoming.
The editors are grateful to Mr. Deahl for his suggestion and to Dr.
David Orton for his patience and technical advice. The editors also
wish to thank the series editors, Professors Bruce Metzger and Bart
Ehrman, as well as the many contributors, whose labors have made the
volume possible, and Ms. Catherine Porter for her assistance in the
preparation of the final draft of the manuscript.
Bruce Chilton March,1994
Bard College
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Craig A. Evans
Trinity Western University
Langley, BC
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ABBREVIATIONS
AB Anchor Bible
ABD D. N. Freedman (ed.), Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992)
ABRL Anchor Bible Reference Library
Aeg Aegyptus
AGJU Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des
Urchristentums
AlP American Journal of Philology
ALGHJ Arbeiten zur Literatur und Geschichte des hellenistischen
Judentums
AnBib Analecta biblica
ANRW W. Haase and E. Temporini (eds.), Aufstieg und Niedergang der
romischen Welt (Berlin: de Gruyter, 1979-)
ANTJ Arbeiten zum Neuen Testament und Judentum
ArBib The Aramaic Bible
AsiaJTh Asia Journal of Theology
ASOR American Schools of Oriental Research
ASTI Annual of the Swedish Theological Institute
ATANT Abhandlungen zur Theologie des Alten Testaments
ATJ Ashland Theological Journal
ATLA American Theological Library Association
ATR Anglican Theological Review
AUSDDS Andrews University Seminary Doctoral Dissertation Series
BA Biblical Archaeologist
BAG W. Bauer, W. F. Arndt, and F. W. Gingrich, A Greek-English
Lexicon of the New Testament (1957)
BAGD W. Bauer, W. F. Arndt, F. W. Gingrich, and F. W. Danker, A
Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1979)
BARev Biblical Archaeology Review
BASOR Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
BBB Bonner Biblische Beitriige
BBR Bulletin for Biblical Research
BETL Bibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium
BFCT Beitrage zur Forderung christlicher Theologie
BFT Biblical Foundations in Theology
Bib Biblica
BibRev Bible Review
BibSem The Biblical Seminar
BibTh Bibliotheque Theologique
BJRL Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester
BJS Brown Judaic Studies
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BLE Bulletin de litterature ecclesiastique
BMI The Bible and its Modem Interpreters
BNTC Black's New Testament Commentary
BSt Biblische Studien
BTB Biblical Theology Bulletin
BToday Bible Today
BTS Bible et terre sainte
BZ Biblische Zeitschrift
BZNW Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly
CG Coptic Gnostic Codex
CGTC Cambridge Greek Testament Commentaries
CH Calwer Hefte
CHR Catholic Historical Review
ChrCent Christian Century
CIJ J.-B. Frey, Corpus inscriptionum Iudaicarum I-II
CollTheol Collectanea Theologica
ConBNT Coniectanea biblica, New Testament
ConcorJ Concordia Journal
CRINT Compendia rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum
Crit Criterion
CritQ Critical Quarterly
CSR Christian Scholars Review
CTM Concordia Theological Monthly
CTQ Concordia Theological Quarterly
DID Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
DJG J. B. Green, S. McKnight, I. H. Marshall (eds.), Dictionary of
Jesus and the Gospels (1992)
DLZ Deutsche Literaturzeitung
DRev Downside Review
DSD Dead Sea Discoveries
ill Dalp-Taschenbticher
DTT Dansk teologisk tidsskrift
Ebib Etudes bibliques
EKKNT Evangelisch-katholischer Kommentar zum Neuen Testament
EncJud C. Roth and G. Wigoder (eds.), Encyclopaedia Judaica (1971)
EpworthRev Epworth Review
ErFor Ertrage der Forschung
ETL Ephemerides theologicae lovanienses
ETR Etudes theologiques et religieuses
EvErz Der Evangelischer Erzieher
EvQ Evangelical Quarterly
EvT Evangelische Theologie
ExpTim Expository Times
FB Forschung zur Bibel
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