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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

What Jesus Books Would You Use? - Le Donne






  1. 1) Mark Strauss', Four Portraits, One Jesus
    2) Robert Stein's, Jesus The Messiah
    3) Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (Second Edition)

  2. Which LeDonne book was this?

  3. Raymond Brown, Introduction to the New Testament
    Dale B. Martin, New Testament History and Literature
    Amy-Jill Levine, et. al.,eds., Jewish Annotated New Testament
    E.P. Sanders, Jesus and Judaism

    The Sanders one is probably a bit of a stretch for the beginning audience, but I feel that it represents such as forthright challenge to conventional Christian theological assumption about Jesus that it's really a must-read.

  4. Edward Adams, Parallel Lives
    David Cartlidge, Documents for the Study of the Gospels

    If I had a fourth option, probably a curve ball like George Aichele's Simulating Jesus. And if you ask me tomorrow, I'd probably come with up four different books.

    Eric T.

    1. Since it's "tomorrow," another list:
      Eric Eve, Behind the Gospels (because recommended here)
      Graham Stanton, The Gospels and Jesus
      Stephen Prothero, American Jesus
      The wild card: Richard Horsley, Jesus and Empire


      Eric T.

  5. Helen Bond, The Historical Jesus: A Guide for the Perplexed
    Dale Allison, The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus
    Greg Carey, Sinners: Jesus and His Earliest Followers

  6. E.P. Sanders, *Jesus and Judaism*.
    Ben Meyer, *The Aims of Jesus*.
    David Flusser, *Jesus*.

    IIRC, the first two were assigned in the first class on Jesus that I ever took.

  7. Tough question. I would have them read the entire book from Keener, and only selections from Wright and Bauckham.

    1. N. T. Wright, Jesus and the Victory of God
    2. Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses
    3. Craig Keener, The Historical Jesus of the Gospels

  8. Keener, The Historical Jesus of the Gospels
    Allison, Constructing Jesus
    IVP Dictionary of Jesus & Gospels

  9. Kenneth Bailey "Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes" (and add the earlier two books as backup)
    Richard Bauckham "Jesus and the Eyewitnesses"
    NT Wright and Marcus Borg "The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions"

  10. Bond: Historical Jesus (Guide for the Perplexed)
    Burridge: Four Gospels, One Jesus?
    Wright: The Challenges of Jesus