Jesus and the Rise of Nationalism: A New Quest for the Nineteenth Century Historical Jesus
Author:   Halvor Moxnes
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Pages:   288
Publication Date:   30 January 2018
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Author:   Halvor Moxnes
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781788310765


ISBN 10:   1788310764
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   30 January 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter one: Writing a biography of Jesus in an age of nationalism Chapter two: Holy Land as homeland. The nineteenth-century landscape of Jesus Chapter three: Imagining a nation. Schleiermacher's Jesus as teacher to the nation Chapter four: a Protestant nation. D.F. Strauss and Jesus for 'the German people' Chapter five: 'Familiar and foreign'. Life of Jesus in the Orientalism of Renan Chapter six: the manly nation. Moral landscape and national character in George Adam Smith's The Historical Geography of the Holy Land Chapter seven: Jesus beyond nationalism - imagining a post-national world

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""With this masterpiece, Moxnes alters the landscape of biblical studies"" - Catholic Biblical Quarterly, ""Intellectual history has rarely led to such unexpected insights as in this fascinating work."" - Journal of Church and State, ""Moxnes's eloquently written in-depth analysis manages to captivate the imagination and draw our attention to the 'hidden agendas' of Jesus' biographers."" - Nations and Nationalism, ""a rich and fascinating contribution that anyone interested in social history and Biblical Studies should definitely read."" - BIBLICAL THEOLOGY BULLETIN


With this masterpiece, Moxnes alters the landscape of biblical studies - Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Intellectual history has rarely led to such unexpected insights as in this fascinating work. - Journal of Church and State, Moxnes's eloquently written in-depth analysis manages to captivate the imagination and draw our attention to the 'hidden agendas' of Jesus' biographers. - Nations and Nationalism, a rich and fascinating contribution that anyone interested in social history and Biblical Studies should definitely read. - BIBLICAL THEOLOGY BULLETIN


Author Information

Halvor Moxnes is Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Oslo and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters. His previous books include Constructing Early Christian Families (1997) and Putting Jesus in his Place: A Radical Vision of Household and Kingdom (2004).

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