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Beyond the Quest for the Historical Jesus

Memoir of a Discovery [Paperback]

by Thomas L. Brodie

    • Author

      Thomas L. Brodie

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Sheffield Phoenix Press

    • Published

      September 2012

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    In the past forty years, while historical-critical studies were seeking with renewed intensity to reconstruct events behind the biblical texts, not least the life of Jesus, two branches of literary studies were finally reaching maturity. First, researchers were recognizing that many biblical texts are rewritings or transformations of older texts that still exist, thus giving a clearer sense of where the biblical texts came from; and second, studies in the ancient art of composition clarified the biblical texts' unity and purpose, that is to say, where biblical texts were headed. The primary literary model behind the gospels, Brodie argues, is the biblical account of Elijah and Elisha, as R.E. Brown already saw in 1971. In this fascinating memoir of his life journey, Tom Brodie, Irishman, Dominican priest, and biblical scholar, recounts the steps he has taken, in an eventful life in many countries, to his conclusion that the New Testament account of Jesus is essentially a rewriting of the Septuagint version of the Hebrew Bible, or, in some cases, of earlier New Testament texts. Jesus' challenge to would-be disciples (Luke 9.57-62), for example, is a transformation of the challenge to Elijah at Horeb (1 Kings 19), while his journey from Jerusalem and Judea to Samaria and beyond (John 2.23-4.54) is deeply indebted to the account of the journey of God's Word in Acts 1-8. The work of tracing literary indebtedness and art is far from finished but it is already possible and necessary to draw a conclusion: it is that, bluntly, Jesus did not exist as a historical individual. This is not as negative as may at first appear. In a deeply personal coda, Brodie begins to develop a new vision of Jesus as an icon of God's presence in the world and in human history.

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    • Author

      Thomas L. Brodie

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Sheffield Phoenix Press

    • Published

      September 2012

    • Weight

      386g

    • Page Count

      274

    • Dimensions

      156 x 234 x 15 mm

    • ISBN

      9781907534584

    • ISBN-10

      190753458X

    • Eden Code

      4049233

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    • Author/Creator: Thomas L. Brodie

    • ISBN: 9781907534584

    • Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press

    • Release Date: September 2012

    • Weight: 386g

    • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 15 mm

    • Eden Code: 4049233


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