Conflict, Holiness, and Politics in the Teachings of Jesus
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Conflict, Holiness, and Politics in the Teachings of Jesus

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Conflict, Holiness, and Politics in the Teachings of Jesus

About this book

Originally published in 1984, this extraordinary work has until now been available only in an expensive library edition. The present edition has been completely updated and redesigned, and includes an extended new introduction by Marcus Borg that relates the book's central arguments to subsequent Jesus scholarship. A foreword by N.T. Wright characterizes the book as one of the foundational works in the "third quest" for the historical Jesus. In the book, Marcus Borg argues that conflict between a politics of holiness and a politics of compassion, and their implications for Israel, resides at the center of Jesus' activity and teaching. He emphasizes several features that have since become central to Jesus scholarship: the importance of Jesus' inclusive meal practice, a non-apocalyptic paradigm for understanding Jesus, and Jesus as a social prophet and boundary-breaker. Marcus J. Borg is Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture in the Philosophy Department at Oregon State University. He is the author of nine books, including Jesus in Contemporary Scholarship, also published by Trinity Press.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword to the New Edition
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Introduction to the New Edition
  5. Reflecting on CHP's Central Claims
  6. Where I Have Changed My Mind
  7. This Edition of CHP
  8. 1 Introduction
  9. 2. The Multiform Character of Jewish Resistance to Rome
  10. 3. The Dynamics of Jewish Resistance to Rome: The Quest for Holiness
  11. 4. Jesus and the Quest for Holiness: Opposition
  12. 5. Jesus and the Quest for Holiness: The Alternative Paradigm
  13. 6. Jesus and the Quest for Holiness: The Sabbath
  14. 7. Jesus and the Quest for Holiness: The Temple
  15. 8. Jesus and the Future
  16. 9. Conclusion: Prophetic Conflict and Mystical Eschatology
  17. Appendix: The Threat/Warrant Tradition of the Synoptic Gospels
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index of Biblical References
  20. Index of Subjects
  21. Index of Modern Authors