Jesus of Nazareth

Jens Schroeter is Professor for Exegesis and Theology of the New Testament and New Testament Apocrypha at the Faculty of Theology at the Humboldt-University in Berlin. Wayne Coppins is Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Georgia. S. Brian Pounds is Adjunct Instructor of Religion at the University of Georgia.

Part I: Introduction 1. The "Historical" and the "Remembered" Jesus; or, How It "Really" Was 2. A Glance at the History of Research 3. The Historical Material: Remains and Sources Part II: A Portrayal of Jesus 4. A Jew from Galilee: The Nazarene 5. A Jew from Galilee: The Galilean 6. A Jew from Galilee: The Jew 7. The Reign of God Begins: Jesusa Encounter with John 8. The Reign of God Begins: Beginnings in Galilee 9. The Reign of God in the Proclamation of Jesus 10. Life in Light of the Reign of God: The Ethos of Jesus 11. Representative of God or Savior of Israel? The Self-Understanding of Jesus and the Judgment of His Contemporaries 12. The Jerusalem Events 13. Jesus and the Beginnings of Christian Faith 14. Spotlights on the Wirkungsgeschichte of Jesus

"Jens Schroter is one of the most important and innovative Jesus scholars in the world. This translation thankfully makes one of his most insightful and accessible studies of Jesus available in English. Building from detailed knowledge of the literary and archaeological remains of Jesus' first-century contexts and a sophisticated understanding of the work of the historian, Jesus of Nazareth weaves a narrative that begins with the historical Jesus and his renewal movement for all Israel and ends with modern artistic depictions of Jesus. Students, lay readers, and scholars will all benefit greatly from this important work." -- Chris Keith, Professor of New Testament & Early Christianity, St Mary's University, Twickenham "The three scholarly movements that we call the quests for the historical Jesus have all distinguished between the Jesus of history and the Jesus of faith by emphasizing the discontinuities between the two. Jens Schroter challenges this basic divide by pointing to continuities, not by a naive understanding of historical criticism but by exploring how interpretations of the significance of Jesus arose in continuity with the historical Jesus. This is the most important statement in contemporary scholarship between the Jesus who was and the Jesus who is ." --Gregory E. Sterling, Reverend Henry L. Slack Dean and Lillian Claus Professor of New Testament, Yale Divinity School "Jens Schroter has written an excellent book about the historical Jesus. It not only avoids a radical skepticism and uncontrolled confidence in the historical reliability of the sources, but also makes clear why both positions can be derived from our sources. It is sensitive for our modern tastes and prejudices, but rejects the idea that historians shape their image of the historical Jesus merely by their own values. Although historical Jesus research depends on our changing knowledge of the historical context of Jesus and on our modern mentality, Schroter defends both the legitimacy of a theological access to Jesus and of historical Jesus research. Jesus of Nazareth is a very balanced book." --Professor Gerd Theissen, Heidelberg As informed and informative as it is thoughtful and thought-provoking, Jesus of Nazareth: Jew from Galilee, Savior of the World is highly recommended for community and academic library collections, as well as non-specialist general readers with an interest in a scholarly approach to the life and legacy of Jesus regardless of their denominational affiliation. -- Paul T. Vogel -- Midwest Book Review ...This insightful, informative, well-written book carries forward the quest for the historical Jesus. it is suitablefor clergy, educated lay people, and New Testament scholars. Everyone interested in what can be known historically about Jesus should read it. -- Don Schweitzer -- Touchstone Schroeter has given us a remarkably erudite and comprehensive study, admirable in many ways... -- Pieter J. J. Botha -- Neotestamentica