The Zion Traditions and the Aims of Jesus
Part of Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
- Author: Kim Huat Tan, Trinity Theological College, Singapore
- Date Published: August 2005
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- isbn: 9780521018883
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This 1997 book provides an exciting re-interpretation 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 traditions centred on it were to Jesus. At this time, Zion had become 'the symbol of the life, beliefs and hopes of all Jews'. Those Jews who expected the coming of a messianic Davidic king assumed that he would reign from Zion. Dr Tan argues that, as a prophet, Jesus was attracted inevitably to the city of Zion. Skilfully integrating what Jesus is recorded to have said with what he is recorded to have done in the last weeks of his life, Dr Tan suggests that an understanding of the importance to Jesus of the Zion traditions not only helps us to understand the unifying aim behind Jesus's ministry, but also provides us with the key to the riddle of who Jesus thought he was.
Read more- 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
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- Date Published: August 2005
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521018883
- length: 292 pages
- dimensions: 217 x 140 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.384kg
- availability: Available
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
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