The Social Gospel of Jesus The Kingdom of God in Mediterranean Perspective

A dynamic analysis of Jesus' central proclamationScholars are agreed that the central metaphor in Jesus' proclamation was the kingdom of God. But what did that phrase mean in the first-century Palestinian world of Jesus? Since it is a political metaphor, what did Jesus envision as the political import of his message? Since this is tied to the political economy, how was that structured in Jesus' day? How is the violence of Jesus' Mediterranean world addressed in the kingdom? And how does "self-denial" fit into Jesus' agenda?Malina tackles these questions in a very accessible way, providing a social-scientific analysis, meaning that he brings to bear explicit models and a comparative approach toward an exciting interpretation of what Jesus was up to, and how, his first-century audience would have heard him.

Info autore

Bruce J. Malina is 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).

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bruce J. Malina, Bruce J Malina
• Editore: Augsburg Fortress Pub
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 01.10.2000
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo; Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazi; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche
• EAN: 9780800632472
• ISBN: 978-0-8006-3247-2
• Numero di pagine: 178
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 14 x 21 x 1.3 cm
• Categorie: Theologie, Christentum, Kritik und Exegese heiliger Texte, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, Soziallehre und Sozialethik, Pastoral und Seelsorge, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, Religion - Theology