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Jesus the Jew:

A Historian's Reading of the Gospels
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Fortress Press, 1981 - Religion - 286 pages
This now classic book is a significant corrective to several recent developments in the study of the historical Jesus. In contrast to depictions of Jesus as a wandering Cynic teacher, Geza Vermes offers a portrait based on evidence of charismatic activity in first-century Galilee. Vermes shows how the major New Testament titles of Jesus-prophet, Lord, Messiah, son of man, Son of God-can be understood in this historical context. The result is a description of Jesus that retains its power and its credibility.
  

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This book was incredible. Mr. Vermes is an outstanding academic who charts out the historical context of the man that was Jesus, how he fit into the Judaism of his day, and what exactly is it that he ... Read full review

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Contents

I Jesus the Jew
19
2 Jesus and Galilee
42
3 Jesus and charismatic Judaism
58
THE TITLES OF JESUS
83
4 Jesus the prophet
86
prophetic celibacy
99
5 Jesus the lord
103
lord and the style of the Gospel of Mark
127
the cloud a means of heavenly transport
186
debate on the circumlocutional use of son of man
188
8 Jesus the son of God
192
son of God and virgin birth
213
Postscript
223
Abbreviations
226
Notes
230
Acknowledgements
267

6 Jesus the Messiah
129
Jesus son of David
156
the metaphorical use of to anoint
158
7 Jesus the son of man
160

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JSTOR: Jesus the Jew: A Historian's Reading of the Gospels
Jesus the Jew: A Historian's Reading of the Gospels, by Geza Vermes. New York: Macmillan, 1974. Pp. 286. $6.95. Vermes aims to recover for the general ...
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The Religion of Jesus the Jew. By Pp. x + 244.
REVIEWS. 201. of the Pauline concept of missions; experience of the delay of the. Parousia), he offers his own answer: the aim to win pagans as ...
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Jesus the Jew
The purpose of the site is to analyze the major personalities in the Hebrew bible and how the variety of personal characteristics affected their messages
www.moshereiss.org/ christianity/ 03_hillel/ 03_hillel.htm

JESUS THE JEW
by Jonathan Went. Why study the historical Jesus? Because our faith is based upon a historical figure for whom more evidence exists than for Julius Caesar. ...
www.leaderu.com/ theology/ jesusjew.html

An Excerpt from "JESUS THE JEW AND HIS RELIGION" by Geza Vermes
An Excerpt from "JESUS THE JEW AND HIS RELIGION" by Geza Vermes. The Living Pulpit / Jan. - March 1994 Information about THE LIVING PULPIT may be accessed ...
www.philosophy-religion.org/ faith/ jesus_the_jew.htm

ingentaconnect Geza VERMES, The Gospel of Jesus the Jew (Riddell ...
Geza VERMES, The Gospel of Jesus the Jew (Riddell Memorial Lectures 48), University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1981, viii and 64 pp., paper £ 2. ...
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Journal of Jewish Studies
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Jewish-Christian Relations :: Jewish Voices About Jesus
G. Vermes, Jesus the Jew: A Historian's reading of the Gospels. London: Collins 1973. — Jesus and the world of Judaism. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1984. ...
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Watch:Jerusalem Bookstore - Bible/Doctrine: Jesus and 1st Century ...
Jesus the Jew: A Historian's Reading of the Gospels by Geza Vermes "Vermes [a Jewish-born Hungarian], now emeritus professor of Jewish studies at Oxford, ...
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Nicola Frances Denzey - Jesus in his Jewish Context (review ...
The first and most [End Page 168] groundbreaking was Jesus the Jew: A Historian's Reading of the Gospels (1973), which transformed Vermes into a key player ...
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About the author (1981)

Geza Vermes is Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies and Emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford but continues to teach at the Oriental Institute in Oxford

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