Jesus

by Richard Bauckham

Book Overview

Award-winning religious scholar Richard Bauckham here explores the historical figure of Jesus, evaluating the sources and showing that they provide us with good historical evidence for his life and teaching. To place Jesus in his proper historical context, as a Jew from Galilee in the early first century of our era, Bauckham looks at Jewish religion and society in the land of Israel under Roman rule. He explores Jesus' symbolic practices as well as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00DF8E2TO
• ISBN13: 9780199575275
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.6" x 6.9"