The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus
Edited by James Crossley & Chris Keith ISBN 9780802882707 Binding Trade Paper Publisher WM B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Publication Date November 05, 2024 Size 152 x 229 mmThe next generation of scholars charts new paths for continuing the quest for Jesus of Nazareth.
After a decade of stagnation in the study of the historical Jesus, James Crossley and Chris Keith have assembled an international team of scholars to envision the quest anew. The contributors offer new perspectives and fresh methods for reengaging the question of the historical Jesus. Important, timely, and fascinating, The Next Quest for the Historical Jesus is a must read for anyone seeking to understand Jesus of Nazareth.
Contributors
Michael P. Barber, Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology, United States of America
Giovanni B. Bazzana, Harvard Divinity School, United States of America
Helen K. Bond, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
James Crossley, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society, Norway, and Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements, United Kingdom
Tucker S. Ferda, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, United States of America
Paula Fredriksen, Boston University, United States of America, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Deane Galbraith, University of Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand
Mark Goodacre, Duke University, United States of America
Meghan R. Henning, University of Dayton, United States of America
Nathan C. Johnson, University of Indianapolis, United States of America
Wayne Te Kaawa, University of Otago, Aotearoa New Zealand
Chris Keith, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society, Norway
John S. Kloppenborg, University of Toronto, Canada
Amy-Jill Levine, Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, United States of America, and Vanderbilt University, United States of America
Brandon Massey, University of Münster, Germany
Justin J. Meggitt, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Halvor Moxnes, University of Oslo, Norway
Robert J. Myles, Wollaston Theological College, University of Divinity, Australia
Wongi Park, Belmont University, United States of America
Janelle Peters, Loyola Marymount University, United States of America
Taylor G. Petrey, Kalamazoo College, United States of America
Adele Reinhartz, University of Ottawa, Canada
Rafael Rodríguez, Johnson University, United States of America
Sarah E. Rollens, Rhodes College, United States of America
Anders Runesson, University of Oslo, Norway
Nathan Shedd, William Jessup University, United States of America, and Johnson University, United States of America
Mitzi J. Smith, Columbia Theological Seminary, United States of America, and University of South Africa, South Africa
Joan Taylor, King’s College London, United Kingdom
Matthew Thiessen, McMaster University, Canada
Robyn Faith Walsh, University of Miami, United States of America
Matthew G. Whitlock, Seattle University, United States of America
Stephen Young, Appalachian State University, United States of America
Christopher B. Zeichmann, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
“Crossley and Keith represent the latest approach to historical Jesus studies in an innovative volume of essays that helpfully inhabits the chasm between history and hagiography.”
—Clare Rothschild, Lewis University
“This important volume is much more than ‘yet another quest for the historical Jesus’; the breadth of expertise of its collaborators and the range of contextual perspectives it explores set a new standard which will make it essential reading for all 21st-century students of Jesus of Nazareth and of the origins of the movement he inspired.”
—Judith Lieu, Robinson College (Cambridge, UK)
Chris Keith is research professor of New Testament and early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society.
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction. The Next Quest by James Crossley
Part 1: Rebuilding the Foundations
1. Reception History by Halvor Moxnes
2. Rewriting the History of Scholarship by Brandon Massey
3. Beyond the Jewish Jesus Debate by Adele Reinhartz
4. Biography by Helen K. Bond
5. Ancient Media by Rafael Rodríguez
6. Beyond What Is Behind by Chris Keith
7. Missing Pieces by Mark Goodacre
8. Material and Visual Culture by Joan Taylor
9. Religion, Visions, and Alternative Historicity by Deane Galbraith
10. Myth and Mythmaking by Stephen Young
Part 2: Beginnings of a Next Quest
11. The Late Latin Quest by Paula Fredriksen
12. Chartism and Forgotten Quests by James Crossley
13. Fame and Aura by Matthew G. Whitlock
14. Networks by John S. Kloppenborg
15. Scribal Galilee by Sarah E. Rollens
16. Synagogues by Anders Runesson
17. Armies and Soldiers by Christopher B. Zeichmann
18. Class Conflict by Robert J. Myles
19. Textiles, Sustenance, and Economy by Janelle Peters
20. City and Country by Robyn Faith Walsh
21. Galilee and Jerusalem by Tucker Samson Ferda
22. Race, Ethnicity, and Whiteness by Wongi Park
23. Born of a Doulē by Mitzi J. Smith
24. Body and Embodiment by Taylor G. Petrey
25. Sexuality by Amy-Jill Levine
26. Disability, Healings, Miracles by Meghan R. Henning
27. Spirit World by Giovanni B. Bazzana
28. Ritual Impurity by Matthew Thiessen
29. Apocalypticism and Millenarianism by James Crossley
30. Violence and Trauma by Nathan Shedd
31. Death and Martyrdom by Michael P. Barber
32. The Resurrection and Comparative Microhistory by Justin J. Meggitt
33. Whakapapa and Genealogy by Wayne Te Kaawa
34. Survival of Popular Movements by Nathan C. Johnson
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index of Authors
Index of Subjects
Index of Scripture
Index of Other Ancient Sources