Authenticating the Activities of Jesus. Authenticating the Words and the Activities of Jesus, Volume 2 .

Octavo, xvi, 479 pp., index of Biblical Literature, index of Modern Authors For all those interested in Jesus research, early Christianity, early Judaism, and Israel in the first century. Bruce D. Chilton, Ph.D. (1976) in Biblical Studies, Cambridge University, is Professor of Hebrew Bible and New Testament at Bard College, New York. He has published numerous books and scholarly articles on Jesus and Judaism. Craig A. Evans, Ph.D. (1983) in Biblical Studies, Claremont Graduate School, is Professor of Biblical Studies and Director of the Graduate Program at Trinity Western University and Senior Research Fellow at Roehampton Institute London. In this companion volume to Authenticating the Words of Jesus, the authors examine the important issue of the original setting and context in which the words of Jesus were spoken. They proceed on the assumption that authenticating the activities of Jesus is just as important as authenticating his words. A historical framework, made up of several fairly certain facts, must be clarified and used as a primary criterion for determining which sayings and episodes ought to be considered the stronger candidates of authentic tradition and how they should be interpreted. Many of Jesus sayings cohere with historical elements and oftentimes either explain them or are explained by them. A complete study of the words of Jesus must also include a study of the activities of Jesus. Articles are "Authenticating the Activities of Jesus," Craig A. Evans, "Can the Third Quest Hope to Succeed?" James D.G. Dunn, "The Synoptic Gospels and History," E. Earle Ellis, "Reflections upon "the Historical Perimeters for Understanding the Aims of Jesus," William R. Farmer, "Five Gospels but no Gospel: Jesus and the Seminar," N. Thomas Wright, "The Implications of Textual Variants for Authenticating the Activities of Jesus," Stanley E. Porter and Matthew Brook O'Donnell, "Appointed Deed, Appointed Doer: Jesus and the Scriptures," Ben F. Meyer, "The Itinerant Jesus and His Home Town," J. Ramsey Michaels, "Behind the Temptations of Jesus: Q 4:1-13 and Mark 1:12-12," Dale C. Allison, Jr., "An Exorcism of History: Mark 1:21-28," Bruce Chilton, "Thye Beelzebul Controversy and the Eschatologies of Jesus," Joel Marcus, "The Encounter of Jesus with the Gerasene Deminiac," Jostein Adna, "Bedeutung und religionsgeschichtlicher Hintergrund der Verwandlung Jesu (Markus 9:2-8)," Dieter Zeller, "Jesus, the Messiah of Israel: The Debate about the 'Messianic Mission' of Jesus," Martin Hengel, "Assessing the Historicity of Jesus' Walking on the Sea: Insights from Cross-Culture Social Psychology," Bruce J. Malina, "Jesus and Zechariah's Messianic Hope," Craig A. Evans, "The Authenticity of Judas' Participation in the Arrest of Jesus," William Klassen, "Did Jesus Wash His Disciples' Feet?" Richard J. Bauckham, "'Where no one had yet been laid': The Shame of Jesus' Burial," Byron R. MCCane.…