The Galilean Jewishness of Jesus: Retrieving the Jewish Origins of Christianity (Conversation on the Road Not Taken, Vol. 1)

by Bernard J. Lee

Book Overview

In The Galilean Jewishness of Jesus, the first of a three-volume series, author Bernard J. Lee, S.M., reconstructs the historical, cultural and religious fabric of Galilee in the time of Jesus and examines four kinds of Jews who would have been familiar to the religious landscape of Jesus' Galilee: teacher, Pharisee, wandering charismatic, eschatological prophet. Author Lee shows how Christians today can interpret the meaning of Jesus in a way that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809130211
• ISBN13: 9780809130214
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

a conservative christian

this book comes from a very liberal theological perspective, and assumes all the documentary source premise. That being said the historical critical research is well supported and the historical social bases is well developed. I believe this work is a must in establishing the cultural setting for the life of Jesus. Read wisely!