Who Do My Opponents Say That I Am? An Investigation of the Accusations Against the Historical Jesus
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Scot McKnight (Ph.D. University of Nottingham) is Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies, North Park University, Chicago, Illinois. He is the author of numerous books on the New Testament, including the bestselling The Jesus Creed. Joseph B. Modica (Ph.D. Drew University) is University Chaplain & Associate Professor of Biblical Studies, Eastern University, St. Davids, PAMention -New Testament Abstracts, Vol. 53 No. 1, 2009
Review in International Review of Biblical Studies, vol. 54:2007/08
"a collection of interesting essays on the seven accusations against Jesus within the Gospel traditions." Journal for the Study of the New Testament Booklist 2009
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
"For those who interact with the wide array of Christologies from the top and bottom, these Christological essays "from the side" (i.e. what insults Jesus' contemporaries voiced about him) will engage the discipline in a new direction. The collection reminds readers that even hostile witnesses do reflect within their slanderous labels reliable details about the historical Jesus." --John Harrison, Graduate School of Theology, Oklahoma Christian University, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
- John Harrison, Graduate School of Theology, Oklahoma Christian University, Journal of Evangelical Theological Society
"Certainly [a book] for all librares and for the NT scholars" Publishing News, October 2007
Publishing News
"[T]his collection of essays serves well to advance the pursuit of what can reliably be known about the historical Jesus. Anyone engaged in the quest should certainly read this book. For those who claim very little can be known about the historical Jesus, the presentations here must be acknowledged and engaged." -- M. Robert Mulholland, Review of Biblical Literature
- M. Robert Mulholland, Review of Biblical Literature
Each essay will explore the historicity of each accusation and what they tell us about Jesus. McKnight and Modica propose that by examining these specific allegations, one can begin to comprehend a neglected dimension of historical Jesus studies, namely, that Jesus can be understood by what his opponents (critics) say of him. They contend that such an approach offers, as Malina and Neyrey have previously examined in Calling Jesus Names, a 'Christology from the side'.
There will be an introductory and concluding essay from the editors.
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
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Contributors
Introduction
Jesus as Lawbreaker ... Michael F. Bird
Jesus as Demon Possessed... Dwight D. Sheets
Jesus as Glutton and Drunkard... Joseph B. Modica
Jesus as Blasphemer... Darrell L. Bock
Jesus as False Prophet ... James F. McGrath
Jesus as King of the Jews... Lynn H. Cohick
Jesus as Mamzer ("Illegitimate Son") ... Scot McKnight