The Zion Traditions and the Aims of Jesus
The Zion Traditions and the Aims of Jesus
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USDThis book provides an exciting reinterpretation of the sayings and actions of Jesus. Setting Him firmly in the context of first century Judaism, it asks how important the city of Jerusalem and the theological ideas attached to it were to Jesus. Dr. Tan concludes that Jesus appropriated the Zion traditions prevalent at the time. He argues skillfully that an understanding of these traditions not only helps us to understand the unifying aim behind Jesus' ministry, but also contains the key to the riddle of who Jesus thought He was.
- First serious attempt to analyse the connection between Zion and the aims of Jesus
- Engages with what is currently of great interest to New Testament Scholars - the 'third' quest for the 'historical Jesus'
- Offers an alternative to the conclusions aimed at by the highly publicised work of 'The Jesus Seminar' in the USA
Product details
January 1997Hardback
9780521580069
292 pages
216 × 140 × 21 mm
0.52kg
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I. The Background:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Zion in the first and second temple periods
- Part II. The Sayings:
- 3. The attraction of Jerusalem (I): the city where prophets die
- 4. The attraction of Jerusalem (II): the city of the great king
- 5. 'To gather Jerusalem' (Q. 13.34-5)
- Part III. The Actions:
- 6. Jesus in Jerusalem (I): the 'triumphal' entry
- 7. Jesus in Jerusalem (II): the incident in the temple
- 8. The last supper: restoration, covenant and people
- 9. Jesus and the Zion traditions
- Bibliography
- Indexes.
