Studies in the Historical Jesus

Justin J. Meggitt

doi:https://doi.org/10.17613/mpjp-3c10

Book Title: Studies in the Historical Jesus

Subtitle: Anarchy, Miracles, and Madness

Author: Justin J. Meggitt

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Book Description: Studies in the Historical Jesus: Anarchy, Miracles, and Madness is a selection of key essays on the historical figure of Jesus published over the last fifteen years by Justin J. Meggitt. Each addresses a central question in the study of Jesus and his context, from the role of myth in the creation of traditions about him and the historicity of his miracles, to the problem of his politics and the reasons for his execution. The collection brings fresh perspectives and new data to bear on enduring debates, and demonstrates the value of "history from below" in making sense of the historical Jesus and the world that made him.

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Studies in the Historical Jesus: Anarchy, Miracles, and Madness is a selection of key essays on the historical figure of Jesus published over the last fifteen years by Justin J. Meggitt. Each addresses a central question in the study of Jesus and his context, from the role of myth in the creation of traditions about him and the historicity of his miracles, to the problem of his politics and the reasons for his execution. The collection brings fresh perspectives and new data to bear on enduring debates, and demonstrates the value of “history from below” in making sense of the historical Jesus and the world that made him.

The essays included are: 1. Popular mythology in the early Roman Empire and the multiplicity of Jesus traditions; 2. The historical Jesus and healing: Jesus’ miracles in psychosocial context; 3. Psychology and the historical Jesus; 4. Was the historical Jesus an anarchist? Anachronism, anarchism and the historical Jesus; 5. The madness of King Jesus: Why was Jesus put to death, but his followers were not?; 6. “More ingenious than learned”? Examining the quest for the non-historical Jesus; 7. Did magic matter? The saliency of magic in the early Roman Empire.

JUSTIN J. MEGGITT has taught courses on the historical Jesus for the University of Cambridge for over twenty-five years, and publishes widely in the study of earliest Christianity, early modern religious history, slavery, and religion and terrorism.

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Title: Studies in the Historical Jesus
Author: Justin J. Meggitt
Primary Subject: History of religion
Additional Subject(s): Ancient history, Christianity
Publisher: Mutual Academic
Publication Date: September 4, 2023
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.17613/mpjp-3c10
Ebook ISBN: 9781916570078
Print ISBN: 9781916570085