Jesus and the Temple - The Crucifixion in Its Jewish Context

This volume investigates the cultural, political, economic, and religious conflicts that led to the historical Jesus' arrest, trial, and execution.

List of contents

1. The death of Jesus as an historical and theological problem; 2. The eschatological Torah; 3. The eschatological Temple; 4. The Temple controversy; 5. Redescribing the Temple incident: towards a new model of eschatological restoration; 6. The Jewish Christian rejection of animal sacrifice; 7. The dying savior; Summary and conclusion.

About the author

Simon J. Joseph is Adjunct Professor of Religion at California Lutheran University. He is the author of Jesus, Q, and the Dead Sea Scrolls and The Nonviolent Messiah.

Summary

This volume investigates the cultural, political, economic, and religious conflicts that led to the historical Jesus' arrest, trial, and execution. It introduces a new hypothesis positing Jesus' enactment of a program of radically nonviolent eschatological restoration, an orientation that ultimately inspired the first attributions of sacrificial language to his death.

Product details

• Authors: Simon J. Joseph, Simon J. (California Lutheran University) Joseph, Joseph Simon J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781107563513
• ISBN: 978-1-107-56351-3
• No. of pages: 341
• Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series; Society for New Testament Stud; Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Judaism / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Judaism, The historical Jesus