| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 368 pages) |
| Contents |
1. God, Judaism and justice -- 2. Diverse and contradictory images of God -- 3. Can this really be God? : part 1 : land thievery, genocide, and other tales -- 4. Can this really be God? : part : the exodus is not a story of liberation -- 5. Can this really be God? : part 3 : troubling images of God from the New Testament -- 6. The many gods of monotheism : why the Bible is often wrong about God -- 7. Messy monotheism : false portraits of God and scripture -- 8. From liberation to exile -- 9. Undermining the sanity of God -- 10. Powerful problems -- 11. Jesus : Jewish and human -- 12. The success of failure -- 13. Murder and method -- 14. Jewish expectations, opportunists, and Roman power -- 15. My three sons, Pilate, and Messianic pretenders -- 16. Religious complicity -- 17. Subversive healing, competing Torahs, and the power to exclude -- 18. Jesus, violence, God, and history -- 19. The many faces of violence -- 20. Violence, toll collectors, and tenants -- 21. No Messiah : apocalypse never -- 22. Images of abundance and love of enemies -- 23. Reassessing God's power -- 24. Abundant life, invitational judgment, and God's nonviolent power -- 25. Taking Jesus seriously |
| Summary |
This illuminating exploration of how and why Christianity became so radically disconnected from the Jesus of history provides suggestions for returning the true Jesus of Nazareth to the center of Christian faith |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Jesus Christ -- Historicity
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| SUBJECT |
Jesus Christ fast |
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Jesus Christus. swd |
| Subject |
Christianity -- Essence, genius, nature.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Christology.
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Christianity -- Essence, genius, nature
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Historicity of Jesus Christ
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Christentum
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Christendom.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2001027329 |
| ISBN |
9780567141309 |
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0567141306 |
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1282709712 |
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9781282709713 |
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9786612709715 |
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6612709715 |
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