The Essential Jesus: Original Sayings and Earliest ImagesThis concise presentation of the authentic teachings of Christ is accompanied by historical images of Jesus. Crossan's fresh translations of Jesus' sayings show him to be a teacher whose revolutionary message is as timely today as it was two thousand years ago. B/W illus. |
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... Roman Empire may have regularly abused its power , but it seldom wasted it . It did not crucify teachers or philosophers ; it usually just exiled them permanently or cleared them out of Rome periodically . In- deed , if Jesus had been ...
... Roman Empire may have regularly abused its power , but it seldom wasted it . It did not crucify teachers or philosophers ; it usually just exiled them permanently or cleared them out of Rome periodically . In- deed , if Jesus had been ...
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... Roman Empire , however , was no longer a traditional but rather a commercial- ized agrarian empire , and the Jewish peasantry was being pushed into debt and displaced from its holdings at higher than normal rates , since land became ...
... Roman Empire , however , was no longer a traditional but rather a commercial- ized agrarian empire , and the Jewish peasantry was being pushed into debt and displaced from its holdings at higher than normal rates , since land became ...
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... Roman emperor Tiberius , and he transferred his capital there from Sepphoris . But that conjunction of two cities in close tempo- ral and spatial proximity and also in administrative competi- tion may well have increased demands and ...
... Roman emperor Tiberius , and he transferred his capital there from Sepphoris . But that conjunction of two cities in close tempo- ral and spatial proximity and also in administrative competi- tion may well have increased demands and ...
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Aire-sur-L'Adour aphorism aristocrats baskets of bread bearded Catacombs of Cal Catacombs of Callixtus Chamber 21 Chapels Christian curved bolster Dated denarii Dura-Europos example figure fish fourth century Fresco front Gospel of Thomas grave in Chamber guests head healed paralytic historical Jesus Images number Inventory Numbers Inventory of Images Italy Deich Italy Deichmann Italy Nestori Jewish John the Baptist Jonah cycle Kingdom of God left end left hand left to right lixtus loaf loaves Luke male Matthew meal scene Museo Nazionale Romano Nazionale Romano inv number 35 opened scroll pagan parable peasants philosopher plaque Plate 16 Q Gospel reclining Relief at bottom right hand Roman Rome Sacraments sarcophagus sarcophagus lid Scene shows scroll in left Sepphoris servant sesterces short girt tunic shows a meal Sol Invictus standing steward teaching scene third tion tunic and pallium typical scenes upper loculus grave Vatican City Vatican Museums wall below upper Wilpert woman