Gerd Theissen

Showing all 9 resultsSorted by latest

• 

  Quickview

  New Testament : A Literary History

  $56.66

  Introduction
  Part One: The Double Beginning Of Early Christian Literature
  1. The Charismatic Beginning Of The Gospel Literature: Jesus
  2. The “Charismatic Phase” Of Epistolary Literature: Paul
  Part Two: The Fictive Self-Exegesis Of Paul And Jesus
  3. The “Pseudepigraphic Phase”
  4. The Fictive Self-Exegesis Of Paul: The Deutero-Pauline Literature
  5. The Fictive Self-Exegesis Of Jesus: Tradition Redacted In The Synoptic Gospels
  6. The Jesus Tradition Transformed: The Gnostic Gospels
  7. The Synoptic Tradition Expanded: Jewish-Christian Gospels
  8. Harmonization Of The Jesus Tradition: Further Apocryphal Gospels
  Part Three: The Authority Of Independent Forms
  9. The “Functional Phase” (Acts, Revelation, Hebrews)
  Part Four: The New Testament Becoming World Religious Literature
  10. The “Canonical Phase”
  Conclusion

  Additional Info
  Gerd Theissen takes up the problem of the emergence of the New Testament canon out of the wide variety of early Christian literature. Drawing from Max Weber’s discussion of the evolution of religious organizations, Theissen describes the development of early Christian literature as a series of phases in the life of the movement: the charismatic, the pseudepigraphic, the functional, and the canonical.

  in stock within 3-5 days of online purchase

  Add to cart
• 

  Quickview

  Miracle Stories Of The Early Christian Tradition

  $43.33

  This is an impressive book. [Theissen] makes use of form criticism, structural analysis, sociological analysis, and history of religious studies to probe the miracle stories in the synoptic gospels, and he offers fresh perspectives on them…. It charts a new course, and all further work on the miracles stories will have to contend with it.

  in stock within 3-5 days of online purchase

  Add to cart
• 

  Quickview

  Bible And Contemporary Culture

  $26.66

  Why read the Bible? Gerd Theissen uses the wisdom gained from decades of teaching Bible instruction at a state university to address questions of the Bible’s relevance in a postmodern, pluralistic society. He describes the core themes and enduring value of the biblical legacy for anyone seeking to be a well-informed, self-aware, and responsible citizen, and he commends the contributions the Bible can make to interreligious and secular conversation.

  in stock within 3-5 days of online purchase

  Add to cart
• 

  Quickview

  Fortress Introduction To The New Testament

  $40.00

  One of the world’s foremost biblical scholars outlines what we know about the history, literature, and religion of the 27 books of the New Testament, condensing years of research and reflection, while taking full advantage of modern European monographs. Dense and stimulating.

  in stock within 3-5 days of online purchase

  Add to cart
• 

  Quickview

  Social Setting Of Jesus And The Gospels

  $65.00

  What do the social sciences have to contribute to the study of Jesus and the Gospels? This is the fundamental question that these essays all address-from analyses of ancient economics to altered states of consciouseness, politics, ritual, kinship, and labeling

  in stock within 3-5 days of online purchase

  Add to cart
• 

  Quickview

  Quest For Plausible Jesus

  $65.00

  Should the dissimilarity between Jesus and early Christianity or between Jesus and Judaism be the central criteria for the historical Jesus? Gerd Theissen and Dagmar Winter argue that the criterion of dissimilarity does not do justice to the single most important result of more than two-thousand years of Jesus research, that the historical Jesus belongs to both Judaism and Christianity. The two authors propose a criterion of historical plausibility so that historical phenomenon under question can be considered authentic so long as it can be plausibly understood in its Jewish context and also facilitates a plausible explanation for its later effects in Christian history. This book is a cooperative project between Dagmar Winter and Gerd Theissen and represents the fruit of many years of their research on the historical Jesus.

  in stock within 3-5 days of online purchase

  Add to cart
• 

  Quickview

  Sign Language Of The Faith

  $24.00

  SKU (ISBN): 9780334025986ISBN10: 0334025982Gerd TheissenBinding: Trade PaperSCM ClassicsPublisher: Westminster John Knox Press Print On Demand Product

  in stock within 3-5 days of online purchase

  Add to cart
• 

  Quickview

  Religion Of The Earliest Churches

  $50.00

  Picking up where he left off in The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide, Theissen discusses religion as “a cultural sign language that promises a gain in life by corresponding to an ultimate reality”; and presents Christianity as a religion with elements of myth, ritual, ethics, and an emergent symbolic system.

  in stock within 3-5 days of online purchase

  Add to cart
• 

  Quickview

  Historical Jesus : A Comprehensive Guide

  $81.66

  What can we really know about the compelling figure of Jesus of Nazareth? Theissen and Merz explore the historical and social context of his ministry; examine his characteristics as charismatic teacher, Jewish prophet, healer, teller of parables, and ethical guide; and answer questions surrounding the biblical accounts of the Last Supper, crucifixion, and resurrection.

  in stock within 3-5 days of online purchase

  Add to cart