The context of Jesus, his followers, and the early movementWhat do the social sciences have to contribute to the study of Jesus and the Gospels? This is the fundamental question that these essays all address from analyses of ancient economics to altered states of consciousness, politics, ritual, kinship, and labeling. Contributors: Bruce J. Malina, Wolfgang Stegemann, Richard L. Rohrbaugh, Ekkehard W. Stegemann, Gerd Theissen, T. Raymond Hobbs, Dennis C. Duling, K.C. Hanson, Philip F. Esler, S. Scott Bartchy, John J. Pilch, Christian Strecker, Richard DeMaris, Stuart L. Love, Jerome H. Neyrey, Douglas E. Oakman, Gary Stansell, Santiago Oporto Guijarro
Bruce J. Malinais professor of new testament at Creighton University, Omaha, and author or coauthor or editor of many influential volumes in New Testament, including several recent Fortress Press titles: Social Science Commentary on the Book of Revelation (2000); Social Science Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels (2nd edition 2003); Social Science Commentary on the Gospel of John (1998); and The Social Gospel of Jesus (2001). Wolfgang Stegemann is Rector and Professor of New Testament at the Augustana Hochschule, Neuendettelsau, Germany, and is co-author of The Jesus Movement: A Social History of Its First Century (Fortress Press, 1995) and Jesus and the Hope of the Poor (1986). He is co-editor of The God of the Lowly: Socio-historical Interpretations of the Bible (1984) and The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels (Fortress Press, 2001).
1. Social-Science Methods in Historical Jesus Research Bruce J. Malina 2. The Contextual Ethos of Jesus Wolfgang Stegemann 3. Ethnocentrism and Research on the Historical Jesus Richard L. Rohrbaugh 4. Jesus' Setting within the Judaism of His Time Ekkehard W. Stegemann 5. Feminist Research on Jesus Elisabeth Schusler Fiorenza 6. The Political Dimensions of Jesus' Proclamation Gerd Theissen 7. Jesus and First-Century Politics: The Military Dimension T. Raymond Hobbs 8. The Jesus Movement and Its Network Dennis C. Duling 9. Jesus and the Social Bandits K. C. Hanson 10. Jesus and the Reduction of Intergroup Conflict Philip F. Esler 11. Jesus and Honor Reversal at Table S. Scott Bartchy 12. Jesus and Altered States of Consciousness John J. Pilch 13. Jesus the Exorcist Christian Strecker 14. The Baptism of Jesus: A Ritual Analysis Richard DeMaris 15. Jesus and the Healing of Women Stuart L. Love 16. Jesus Against the Family Jerome H. Neyrey 17. The Love of Money or the Curse of Mammon? Douglas E. Oakman 18. Gift, Tribute, and Offering: The Economics of Presents Gary Stansell 19. Jesus' Reaction to Hostile Labels Santiago Oporto Guijarro
