books by John Dominic Crossan     books:     John Dominic Crossan      Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts: Revised and Updated Jonathan L. Reed HarperOne, 2002 Almost Perfect, but Be Careful of this One This book, ironically, is filled with information that verifies the Bible as historical fact despite the authors' sneaky attempt to have Jesus appear as just a wise and controversial man (see page 228 where they claim the ressurrection was a myth.) If you blacked ...             The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem Marcus J. Borg, John Dominic Crossan HarperOne, 2007 The Last Week by Marcus Borg I am now using this book in a group "Bible Study". It is a must read for students of the Bible. It gives a great comprehensive and inspirational study of Jesus' last week and is written with compassion and passion for telling "the story". While it is both challenging ...             In Search of Paul: How Jesus' Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire with God's Kingdom Jonathan L. Reed HarperOne, 2005 Best of the bunch I'm a non-specialist in this area, learning about New Testament scholarship over the past few years. This was my first Marcus Borg book, and my favorite of the 20 or so books I've read so far. Borg is warmer and more sympathetic than Bart Erhman, for example, but like ...             God and Empire: Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now John Dominic Crossan HarperOne, 2007 Religious questions that are matters of survival In this book Crossan broadens his focus beyond Jesus to the whole surrounding Roman world, and the whole Bible from Genesis to Revelation. And in comparing all this, he exposes a vast gulf between totally different visions for the world, which now compete to decide our ...             The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant John Dominic Crossan HarperOne, 1993 Incredible work of history and textual criticism This is a very thorough textual analysis of primary documentation for the life of Jesus. It is also not a book for everyone. I would specify three possible types of reader, one of which should not read the book, another that doesn't need to, and those that will ...             The Last Week: A Day-by-Day Account of Jesus's Final Week in Jerusalem Marcus J. Borg, John Dominic Crossan HarperOne, 2006 A Loving account by non-believers Two deep friends and New Testament scholars combine to review this last week of Jesus. Both have previously written extensive scholarly works clarifying their non-belief in the supernatural story of Jesus. In this work they are not challenging the main account in ...             Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography John Dominic Crossan HarperOne, 1995 a brilliant distillation of Crossan's earlier work Crossan, a Jesuit, essentially distills his earlier book, _The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant_ into a much more lucid and well organized presentation. The flip side of this, however, is the lack of references (which were given in _The ...             The Birth of Christianity : Discovering What Happened in the Years Immediately After the Execution of Jesus John Dominic Crossan HarperOne, 1999 A magnificent edifice, but is it built on sand? Like a lawyer with a weak case, Crossan relies on razzle-dazzle and hand-waving, but I'm afraid the jury will have to render a verdict of Not Proven. As a layman, in the academic and religious senses, I'm not qualified to criticize his argument in detail, so I can ...             The Resurrection of Jesus: John Dominic Crossan And N.T. Wright in Dialogue Robert B. Stewart, John Dominic Crossan, ... Fortress Press, 2006 Hey, want to find out if the resurrection was real? This book centers on a debate between two of the most famous biblical scholars, The subject is whether the resurrection of Jesus Christ actually happened. On one side, N T Wright, is an Anglican bishop who argues that the resurrection was a true, historical event. ...             The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Birth Marcus J. Borg, John Dominic Crossan HarperOne, 2007 Fascinating new look about the birth narratives The birth narratives in Matthew and Luke are so familiar, heard every Christmas in church and on the radio, that I wasn't sure there was much more I could learn about them. How wrong I was! Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan's book started brilliantly; within the ...             The Once and Future Jesus John Shelby Spong, Marcus Borg, ... Polebridge Press, 2000 Let your enemies love you! The Once and Future Jesus is a compendium of presentations given at one of the many Jesus Seminars. The writing is insightful, in depth, concise, and enlightening. This is must reading for anyone serious about bible study. Each of the contributors to this book sheds ...             The Gospel of Thomas: Discovering the Lost Words of Jesus John Dart, Ray Riegert Ulysses Press, Seastone, 2000 G of T This is a welcome addition to anyone's library who is trying to reconstruct the historical Jesus. Written around 120 c.e.( though , in its original form, it was probably written before Mark), its a semi gnostic work. It presents sayings of Jesus that are in some ...             Who Killed Jesus?: Exposing the Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Gospel Story of the Death of Jesus John Dominic Crossan HarperOne, 1996 Crossan Calls Us to a Mature Faith Crossan compares and contrasts the Passion Narratives (written to explain the crime, arrest, trial and abuse, execution, burial, and resurrection of Jesus) in the four Gospels and includes a fifth, the Gospel of Peter. With uncompromising scholarship, Crossan contrasts ...             In Parables: The Challenge of the Historical Jesus (Eagle Books) John Dominic Crossan Polebridge Press, 1992 A new understanding of the parables of Jesus John Dominic Crossan stands in my mind as one of the most lucid, honest, and forthright biblical scholar of our day. His many publications testify to his integrity and extensive scholarship. I did not read this book when it was first publishd in 1973, but have had ...             Who Is Jesus?: Answers to Your Questions About the Historical Jesus John Dominic Crossan, Richard G. Watts Westminster John Knox Press, 1999 Symbolic Truth vs Literal Truth Based on your faith tradition, many of you feel like you know the answer to the question posed by the authors of this short but fascinating book. For those who are seeking answers, or seeking to expand their knowledge of the history behind their faith, this book should ...          products you might be interested in search for books anti-semitism, christianity, discovering, mediterranean, resurrection, revolutionary      toavi.com    web we recommend A new understanding of the parables of Jesus randomly chosen book: Sams Teach Yourself C++ in One Hour a Day (6th Edition) (Sams Teach ...