Authenticating the Activities of Jesus (New Testament Tools and Studies)

Authenticating the activities of Jesus......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Contributors......Page 16
Part I: METHODS AND ASSUMPTIONS......Page 18
Craig A. Evans: Authenticating the Activities of Jesus......Page 20
1. Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist.......Page 23
2. Jesus was a Galilean who proclaimed the kingdom of God.......Page 26
3. Jesus called disciples and spoke of there being twelve.......Page 27
5. Jesus was widely regarded as a remarkable healer and exorcist.......Page 28
6. Jesus associated with diverse elements of Jewish Palestinian society.......Page 33
7. Jesus engaged in a controversy about the Temple.......Page 34
8. Jesus ate a final meal with his disciples.......Page 37
9. Jesus was crucified as \"king of the Jews\" outside Jerusalem by the Roman authorities.......Page 40
10. After his death Jesus\' followers continued as an identifiable movement and were called \"Christians\" because of their belief that\rJesus was the Christ, the Messiah of Israel.......Page 41
Postscript......Page 43
James D.G. Dunn: Can the Third Quest Hope to Succeed?......Page 48
E. Earle Ellis: The Synoptic Gospels and History......Page 66
William R. Farmer: Reflections upon \"the Historical Perimeters for Understanding the Aims of Jesus\"......Page 76
PRELIMINARY METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS......Page 80
LOOKING FOR JESUS......Page 100
A New Translation......Page 102
Present and Absent Friends......Page 103
A Driving Agenda......Page 106
Which Gospels?......Page 108
All Cats Are Gray in the Dark......Page 110
Jumping on the Bandwagon after the Wheels Came Off......Page 112
Jesus the Distinctive Sage......Page 115
The Resolutely Non-Apocalyptic Jesus......Page 118
Oral Culture, Storytelling, and Isolated Sayings......Page 128
CONCLUSION......Page 134
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 138
1. What Counts as an Action of Jesus?......Page 139
2. Types and Levels of Action......Page 140
3. THE DIRECT ACTIONS OF JESUS (LEVEL 1)......Page 142
4. THE INDIRECT ACTIONS OF JESUS (LEVEL 2)......Page 151
5. THE CONCOMITANT ACTIONS OF JESUS (LEVEL 3)......Page 154
6. THE DISCURSIVE ACTIONS OF JESUS (LEVEL 4)......Page 157
7. CONCLUSION......Page 159
1. Examples of Textual Variants in the Direct Activities of Jesus......Page 161
2. Examples of Textual Variants in the Indirect Activities of Jesus......Page 163
3. Examples of Textual Variants in the Concomitant Actions of Jesus......Page 165
4. Examples of Textual Variants in the Discursive Activities of Jesus......Page 167
Part II: AUTHENTICATING THE ACTIVITIES OF JESUS......Page 170
Ben F. Meyer: Appointed Deed, Appointed Doer: Jesus and the Scriptures......Page 172
THREE SORTS OF INDICES TO JESUS\' CONSCIOUSNESS OF HIS MISSION......Page 174
DID JESUS ANNOUNCE THE IMMINENT END OF HISTORY?......Page 177
FOUR MORE DATA ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE CERTAINLY HISTORICAL......Page 180
THE SCRIPTURES MUST BE FULFILLED......Page 183
JESUS: PROXIMATE SOURCE OF THE MESSIANOLOGY OF THE GOSPELS......Page 187
CONCLUSION......Page 192
John 4:44......Page 194
Luke 4:24 and Gospel of Thomas §31......Page 200
Conclusions: Did Luke and John Get It Right?......Page 204
Dale C. Allison, Jr.: Behind the Temptations of Jesus: Q 4:1-13 and Mark 1:12-13......Page 212
THE ACCOUNTS IN MARK AND Q......Page 213
BEHIND MARK AND Q......Page 218
THE TEMPTATIONS AND JESUS OF NAZARETH......Page 220
CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS......Page 230
INTRODUCTION: FINDING HISTORY AGAIN IN EXEGESIS......Page 232
THE EXEGESIS OF REDACTION......Page 235
INITIAL EXEGESIS OF TRADITION......Page 243
INITIAL EXEGESIS OF HISTORY......Page 246
EXEGESIS OF TRADITION: A SECOND LOOK......Page 250
THE EXEGESIS OF HISTORY: A SECOND LOOK......Page 261
LOGIC AND GRAMMAR......Page 264
HISTORY AND THEOLOGY......Page 277
CONGRUENT SAYINGS......Page 287
CONCLUDING QUESTIONS AND SPECULATIONS......Page 291
LITERARY-CRITICAL AND TRADITIO-CRITICAL ANALYSES OF MARK 5:1-20......Page 296
A Pre-Markan Version of the Story......Page 297
The Structure of the Pre-Markan Version......Page 301
The Search for Further Earlier Stages of the Story......Page 303
THE EPISODE WITH THE PIGS......Page 307
THE HISTORICITY OF THE ENCOUNTER......Page 315
EXORCISM AND PAGANISM......Page 318
APORIEN DER EXEGESE......Page 320
ÜBERLIEFERUNGSGESCHICHTLICHE ANHALTSPUNKTE......Page 324
GEGEN REDAKTIONSGESCHICHTLICHE NIVELLIERUNG......Page 326
AUF DER SUCHE NACH RELIGIONSGESCHICHTLICHEN ANALOGIEN......Page 328
Die Mose-Typologie......Page 329
Verwandlung in jüdischer Mystik und Apokalyptik......Page 330
Die Verwandlung als Moment einer Epiphanie......Page 332
DER SINN VON V. 4 INSBESONDERE......Page 335
SCHLUSSFOLGERUNGEN......Page 337
Χριστός  IN PAUL......Page 340
THE PRE-PAULINE TRADITION AND THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS......Page 342
THE PROBLEM IN THE HISTORY OF RESEARCH......Page 345
THE RELIGION-HISTORICAL PROBLEM......Page 349
THE CRUCIFIED MESSIAH......Page 353
THE TITLES \"MESSIAH\" AND \"SON OF MAN\"......Page 358
THE MESSIANIC MINISTRY OF JESUS......Page 361
CURRENT ASSESSMENTS OF THE EPISODE OF JESUS\' WALKING ON THE SEA......Page 368
VIEWING JESUS\' WALKING ON THE SEA FROM ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE......Page 370
WALKING ON THE SEA AS AN ASC EXPERIENCE......Page 373
CULTURAL FEATURES IN THE EPISODE OF JESUS WALKING ON THE SEA......Page 375
WALSH\'S MODEL FOR MAPPING ASC EXPERIENCES......Page 377
PILCH\'S ADAPTATION APPLIED TO THE EPISODE OF JESUS WALKING ON THE SEA......Page 379
1. Degree of reduced awareness of the experiential context or environment......Page 380
3. Concentration......Page 381
4. Control......Page 382
7. Sense of self, or identity......Page 383
9. Content of the experience......Page 384
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 386
Craig A. Evans: Jesus and Zechariah\'s Messianic Hope......Page 390
ACTING OUT SCRIPTURE AS PHENOMENON IN JUDAISM......Page 393
JESUS AND ZECHARIAH......Page 397
CONCLUSION......Page 403
THE STATE OF THE QUESTION......Page 406
THE MEANING OF BETRAYAL......Page 417
CONCLUSION......Page 426
Richard J. Bauckham: Did Jesus Wash His Disciples\' Feet?......Page 428
FOOTWASHING IN ANTIQUITY......Page 429
THE JOHANNINE INTERPRETATION OF THE FOOTWASHING......Page 431
ORIGINAL CREATION OR INTERPRETATION OF TRADITION?......Page 435
JOHN AND THE SYNOPTICS......Page 437
HISTORY OF A PRACTICE......Page 442
Byron R. McCane: \"Where no one had yet been laid\": The Shame of Jesus\' Burial......Page 448
Index of Biblical Literature......Page 470
Index of Modern Authors......Page 488