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Memories of Jesus

A Journey through Time

By: Halvor Moxnes

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This is a different book about Jesus. It does not study the Gospels as sources for the historical Jesus, but reads them as memories about Jesus, each Gospel with its characteristic picture of Jesus. The book traces the transmission and growth of memories of Jesus in various contexts and in different historical periods. It also introduces readers to the little known counterstories to Christian memories in Jewish sources, as well as to the rival stories in the Quran. A central perspective in the book is the troubling fact that for centuries the memories of Jesus contributed to hate speech against the Jews in Europe. The passion narratives in the Gospels put the blame for the death of Jesus upon Jewish leaders, and these stories were transmitted across the centuries as historical truth. Memories of Jesus have served as identity markers not only for churches but also for societies and countries. The last chapters focus on how the memories of Jesus have played an important role in supporting the identity of oppressed and marginalized groups, in particular in the contemporary United States.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1532684746

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Putting Jesus in His Place

A Radical Vision of Household and Kingdom

By: Halvor Moxnes

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Putting Jesus in His Place

A Radical Vision of Household and Kingdom

By: Halvor Moxnes

This is a study of the Historical Jesus that pays close attention to the role of space and place, from house to kingdom, for understanding Jesus' identity. Halvor Moxnes employs a sociological and anthropological approach that promises to give greater depth to our perceptions of Jesus.

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664223109

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9780664223106

Theology in Conflict

Studies in Paul's Understanding of God in Romans

By: Halvor Moxnes

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Theology in Conflict

Studies in Paul's Understanding of God in Romans

By: Halvor Moxnes

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Paul's Use of God-Language in Romans -- Paul's Use of God-Language in Controversy in Romans I-4 and 9-II -- 'The Name of God is Blasphemed Among the Gentiles Because of You ' -- God-Language and the Church of Jews and Non-Jews -- In Defence of the Promise of God -- God and his Promise to Abraham -- Paul's Use of the Promise Theme in Galatians and Romans -- God 'Who Gives Life to the Dead ' -- Final Remarks -- Select Bibliography -- Scripture Index.

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BRILL

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900426664X

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The Economy of the Kingdom

Social Conflict and Economic Relations in Luke's Gospel

By: Halvor Moxnes

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The Economy of the Kingdom

Social Conflict and Economic Relations in Luke's Gospel

By: Halvor Moxnes

This social-scientific study of the Lukan text in its original context provides an embracing framework for appreciating both the initial and the contemporary significance of its radical social message - a vision of reordered relationships in the 'economy of the kingdom of God.' A fresh approach to Luke with many new points which future Lukan research will have to consider. John Elliott, Professor Emeritus, University of San Francisco

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1592447147

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Jesus Beyond Nationalism

Constructing the Historical Jesus in a Period of Cultural Complexity

By: Halvor Moxnes,Ward Blanton,James G. Crossley

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Jesus Beyond Nationalism

Constructing the Historical Jesus in a Period of Cultural Complexity

By: Halvor Moxnes,Ward Blanton,James G. Crossley

The study of Jesus has rarely looked at its own scholarly context, at how the representation of Jesus might be shaped by those who study him. 'Jesus beyond Nationalism' examines how - since the beginnings of historical Jesus studies in the nineteenth century - representations of Jesus have been used to promote hegemonic or mono-cultural views. The ideology behind such representation has operated to deny difference in society, difference in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Examining depictions of Jesus in a range of contexts - from the Russian Christ and Jesus as 'Holy Anarchist' to Jesus in Muslim thought - Jesus Beyond Nationalism reveals the politics behind the ways in which Jesus has been constructed and presented.

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Routledge

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1134939000

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Jesus and the Rise of Nationalism

A New Quest for the Nineteenth Century Historical Jesus

By: Halvor Moxnes

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Jesus and the Rise of Nationalism

A New Quest for the Nineteenth Century Historical Jesus

By: Halvor Moxnes

The great German theologian Albert Schweitzer famously drew a line under nineteenth-century historical Jesus research by showing that at the bottom of the well lay not the face of Joseph's son, but rather the features of all the New Testament scholars who had tried to reveal his elusive essence. In his thoughtful and provocative new book, Halvor Moxnes takes Schweitzer's observation much further: the doomed 'quest for the historical Jesus' was determined not only by the different personalities of the seekers who undertook it, but also by the social, cultural and political agendas of the countries from which their presentations emerged. Thus, Friedrich Schleiermacher's Jesus was a teacher, corresponding with the role German teachers played in Germany's movement for democratic socialism. Ernst Renan's Jesus was by contrast an attempt to represent the 'positive Orient' as a precursor to the civilized self of his own French society. Scottish theologian G A Smith demonstrated in his manly portrayal of Jesus a distinctively British liberalism and Victorian moralism. Moxnes argues that one cannot understand any 'life of Jesus' apart from nationalism and national identity: and that what is needed in modern biblical studies is an awareness of all the presuppositions that underlie presentations of Jesus, whether in terms of power, gender, sex and class. Only then, he says, can we start to look at Jesus in a way that does him justice.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857720821

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The Economy of the Kingdom

Social Conflict and Economic Relations in Luke's Gospel

By: Halvor Moxnes

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Social Conflict and Economic Relations in Luke's Gospel

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Jesus and the Rise of Nationalism

A New Quest for the Nineteenth Century Historical Jesus

By: Halvor Moxnes

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A Short History of the New Testament

By: Halvor Moxnes

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A Short History of the New Testament

By: Halvor Moxnes

Few documents in world history can match the inspirational impact of the New Testament. For all its variety - gospels, letters and visions - this first-century collection of texts keeps always at its centre the enigmatic figure of Joshua/Jesus: the Jewish prophet who gathered a group around him, proclaimed the imminent end of the world, but was made captive by the authorities of Rome only to suffer a shameful criminal's death on a cross. When his followers (including former persecutor Saul/Paul) became convinced that Jesus had defeated extinction, and had risen again to fresh life, the movement crossed over from Palestine to ignite the entire Graeco-Roman Mediterranean world. The author shows how the writings of this vibrant new faith came into being from oral transmission and then became the pillar of a great world religion. He explores their many varied usages in music, liturgy, art, language and literature. In discussing its textual origins, as well as its later reception, Moxnes shows above all how the New Testament has been employed both as a tool for liberation and as a means of power and control.

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1786739577

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Jesus Beyond Nationalism

Constructing the Historical Jesus in a Period of Cultural Complexity

By: Halvor Moxnes,Ward Blanton,James G. Crossley

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Constructing the Historical Jesus in a Period of Cultural Complexity

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Book's by Halvor Moxnes

Memories of Jesus

Memories of Jesus

Putting Jesus in His Place

Putting Jesus in His Place

Theology in Conflict

Theology in Conflict

The Economy of the Kingdom

The Economy of the Kingdom

Jesus Beyond Nationalism

Jesus Beyond Nationalism

Jesus and the Rise of Nationalism

Jesus and the Rise of Nationalism

The Economy of the Kingdom

The Economy of the Kingdom

Jesus and the Rise of Nationalism

Jesus and the Rise of Nationalism

A Short History of the New Testament

A Short History of the New Testament

Jesus Beyond Nationalism

Jesus Beyond Nationalism

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