John Dominic Crossan and Ben Witherington III in Dialogue

by Robert B. Stewart

• Biblical Studies & Commentaries

• Publisher: Fortress Press (Augsburg Fortress)
• Published: 2013

Publisher's Description

John Dominic Crossan and Ben Witherington III, along with a group of diverse scholars, explore points of agreement and disagreement on the message of Jesus. Contents: Surveying the Quest of the Historical Jesus— Robert B. Stewart 1. The Message of Jesus: A Dialogue— John Dominic Crossan and Ben Witherington III 2. The Place of Jewish Scripture in Jesus’ Teaching— Craig A. Evans 3. Standard and Poor: The Economic Index of the Parables— Amy-Jill Levine 4. Understanding and the Retrieval of Meaning: What Can We Know?— Stephen J. Patterson 5. How Matthew Helped Jesus Fulfill Prophecy— Robert J. Miller 6. Faith and the Historical Jesus: Does a Confessional Position and Respect for the Jesus Tradition Preclude Serious Historical Engagement? — Darrell L. Bock 7. The Historical Jesus from the Synoptics and the Fourth Gospel? Jesus the Purifier— Craig L. Blomberg 8. “The Law of Christ”: Paul’s Knowledge of the Jesus Tradition, Two Surprising Examples— David Wenham