Beyond the Quest for the Historical Jesus: Memoir of a Discovery

Abbreviations ix 
Prefatory  Introduction xi 

Chapter 1     ...3 
CONTENTS 

Part  I 
THE FIRST REVOLUTION: 
HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION 
THE FIRST REVOLUTION:  INITIAL CONTACT 
Chapter 2 
TRINIDAD: THE FIRST REVOLUTION DEEPENS ...12 
Chapter 3 
\'WHEN A CHILD HAVE NO FOOD  ...20   \' 
Chapter 4 
STILL REMEMBERING AFRICA ...24 

Part II 
THE SECOND REVOLUTION: 
LITERARY SOURCES 
Chapter 5 
OUT OF THE BLUE: THE NEW TEST  AMENT SHOWS 
MORE CLEARLY ITS DEPENDENCE ON THE OLD ...31 
Chapter 6 
THE SECOND REVOLUTION DEEPENS: 
BERKELEY, NEW HAYEN,  1981-1984 ...44 
Chapter 7 
THE SECOND REVOLUTION  ILLUSTRATED: 
THE TRANSFORMATION OF ELIJAH\'S THREE-PART CALL 
(1 KINGS  19) INTO JESUS\' TRIPLE CHALLENGE TO DISCIPLES 
(LUKE 9.57-62) ...51 

Part III 
THE THIRD REVOLUTION: 
LITERARY ART, INCLUDING FORM/GENRE 
Chapter 8 
THE THIRD REVOLUTION: STLOUIS,  1984-1991  79 
Chapter 9 
THE THIRD REVOLUTION DEEPENS: AFRICAN GENESIS  1992-1995  88 
Chapter  10 
FROM HOMER TO 4Q525: TALLAGHT, BOSTON  1995-2000  94 
Chapter  11 
LIMERICK: THE DOMINICAN BIBLICAL INSTITUTE  I  02 
Chapter  12 
THE FUNERAL: 

Part IV 
THE FUNERAL 
\'ORAL TRADITION\' AND  ITS WORLD ...115 
Chapter  13 
THE QUEST FOR HISTORY: RULE ONE ...120 
Chapter  14 
THE SHIPPING FORECAST: 
DEEPS BELOW AND A STORM AHEAD ...126 
Chapter  15 
PAUL\'S BIOGRAPHY-INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT: 
FORDHAM, THE BRONX, 2008 ...137 
Chapter  16 
PAUL: THE PENNY FINALLY DROPS ...145 
Chapter  17 
A MARGINAL JEW: RETHINKING THE HISTORICAL JESUS­
THE MONUMENTAL WORK OF JOHN P. MEIER ...155  

Part V 
GLIMMERS OF SHADOWED BEAUTY 
Chapter 18 
BACKGROUNDS OF CHRISTIANITY: 
RELIGIONS, EMPIRES, AND JUDAISM ...173 
Chapter  19 
CHRISTIAN ORIGINS: WRITING AS ONE KEY ...182 
Chapter 20 
IS IT POSSIBLE TO REDISCOVER THE MEANING OF CHRIST? ...197 
Chapter 21 
GLIMMERS OF SHADOWED BEAUTY: 
SYMBOL OF THE INVISIBLE GOD ...202 
Chapter 22 
REASONING WITH BEAUTY ...219 
EPILOGUE: 
BART D. EHRMAN\'S DID JESUS EXJS1? 
THE HiSTORiCAL ARGUMENT FOR JESUS OF NAZARETH 
(MARCH 2012) ...226 
Bibliography ...232 
Index of References ...247 
Index of Authors ...252 
Index of Subjects ...255 
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