The Final Days of Jesus: The Thrill of Defeat, The Agony of Victory: A Classical Historian Explores Jesus's Arrest, Trial, and Execution

Author:   Mark Smith
Publisher:   James Clarke & Co Ltd
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9780718895105


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   01 February 2018
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Author:   Mark Smith
Publisher:   James Clarke & Co Ltd
Imprint:   Lutterworth Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.424kg
ISBN:  

9780718895105


ISBN 10:   071889510
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   01 February 2018
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
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List of Illustrations and Tables In Principio: Preface I. Historia: Evidence and Classical History II. Ad Fontes: Sources, Analysis, and What Classical Historians Do III. Praefectus Iudaeae: Pontius Pilatus and His World IV. Pontifices Maximi: Annas, Caiaphas, and the High Priesthood of Jerusalem V. Quaestio: The High Priests' Inquest VI. Cognitio Extra Ordinem: The Trial of the Millennium VII. Summum Supplicium: The Execution and Burial of Jesus VIII. Ad Consummationem: Conclusion Honoris Causa: Acknowledgments Appendix I: The Chronology of the Historical Jesus Appendix II: References to Synedrion in the New Testament Auctoritates: Secondary Sources for Further Reading Index

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This is a rare achievement: a new angle of vision on the trial and death of Jesus: that of a classical historian of Rome with insight as well into Jewish and Christian history and Biblical scholarship. Scholars will appreciate the convincing analysis, and both scholars and lay readers will find the style clear, sensitive, and pleasing. Jeffrey Burton Russell, Professor of History, emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara Mark Smith offers readers a masterful treatment of the death of Jesus and the events that brought it about in his carefully researched and well written book. Smith treats all of the pertinent data and reaches compelling conclusions. Those who wonder what happened to Jesus and why some people wanted to kill him must read Smith's book. Although not its primary focus, The Final Days of Jesus makes some interesting comments on the theology that is at stake. Craig A. Evans, John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins, Houston Baptist University Detailing the final days of Jesus' life on earth is a theological, literary, archaeological, historical and geographical conundrum which requires many different interpretive skills to understand what really happened and how we know what we think we know about those final days. Many recent authors have tried to write about these moments that are so significant for many around the world. Mark D. Smith's training in the material culture and in the study of the classical world makes The Final Days of Jesus: The Thrill of Defeat, The Agony of Victory the closest to giving us a full rendering of what happened and why. Professor Richard Freund, Maurice Greenberg Professor of Jewish History and Director of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies, University of Hartford Mark Smith has brought vividly to life the politics that swirled around the arrest and trial of Jesus. Using insight and the latest archaeological findings, Smith explores the inter-dependence of the Roman governor Pilate and the house of the high priest Caiaphas, calling into question the standard narrative of Jesus's trial before the Sanhedrin. A thoughtful perspective, from which readers of all faiths will benefit. H.A. Drake, author of A Century of Miracles


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Mark D. Smith is Professor of History at The College of Idaho and has long served on the Board of Directors for the Bethsaida Excavations Project in Israel.

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