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The political aims of Jesus / Douglas E. Oakman.

Oakman, Douglas E.
2012
232.9 O11p 2012
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Title
The political aims of Jesus / Douglas E. Oakman.
Author
Oakman, Douglas E.
ISBN
9780800638474 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0800638476 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781451424317 (ebook)
1451424310 (ebook)
Imprint
Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2012.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 192 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Other Standard Identifiers
40021292710
Call Number
232.9 O11p 2012
System Control No.
(OCoLC)773019644
(OCoLC)773019644
Summary
"Amid competing portrayals of the 'cynic Jesus,' the 'peasant Jesus,' and the 'apocalyptic Jesus,' the 'political Jesus' remains a marginal figure. Douglas E. Oakman argues that advances in our social-scientific understanding of the political economy of Roman Galilee, as well as advances in the so-called 'Third Quest' for the historical Jesus, warrant a revival-and a critical revision-of H. S. Reimarus's understanding of Jesus as an instigator of revolutionary change." -- Publisher description.
Note
"Amid competing portrayals of the 'cynic Jesus,' the 'peasant Jesus,' and the 'apocalyptic Jesus,' the 'political Jesus' remains a marginal figure. Douglas E. Oakman argues that advances in our social-scientific understanding of the political economy of Roman Galilee, as well as advances in the so-called 'Third Quest' for the historical Jesus, warrant a revival-and a critical revision-of H. S. Reimarus's understanding of Jesus as an instigator of revolutionary change." -- Publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p.157-176) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note
Revisiting Reimarus
Conceptualizing Roman imperial patronage politics
Power and imperium
The tables and the table
Worldly power and cosmic powers
Revising Reimarus
Concluding postscientific postscript: The "Fifth force" and Jesus' politics today.
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