Apocalypticism, Anti-Semitism and the Historical Jesus

John S. Kloppenborg is a University Professor and Professor of Religion in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto, Canada. Recent publications include Christ’s Associations: Connecting and Belonging in the Ancient City (2019), Vols. I and III of Greco-Roman Associations: Texts, Translations, and Commentary (with R. Ascough, 2011, 2020) and Q, The Earliest Gospel: An Introduction to the Original Sayings and Stories of Jesus (2008). John Marshall is Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Toronto.

• William E. Arnal, University of Regina; "How Shall We Save Our Souls?: The Cipher 'Judaism' in Contemporary Historical Jesus Scholarship"; This essay surveys scholarship on Jesus since the late 19th century, showing how Jesus' Jewishness (and occasionally, his alleged non-Jewishness) has functioned in a wider field of discourse to define what is properly "Christian" and what is properly "religious." Paula Fredriksen, Boston University; "Compassion is to Purity as Fish is to Bicycle: Thoughts on Constructions of 'Judaism' in Current Work on the Historical Jesus"; John W. Marshall, University of Toronto; "Apocalypticism and Anti-Semitism: Inner-Group Resources for Inter-Group Conflicts" Sets early Christian discourse with anti-semitic potential within the context of inner group conflict. Part II: Apocalypticism As A Primary Category In Historical Jesus Research; Amy-Jill Levine, Vanderbilt University; "The Earth Moved: Jesus, Sex, and Eschatology" The sexual asceticism of Jesus and the early Jesus movement as a function its apocalyptic orientation. Dale C. Allison, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary; "Liking and Disliking the Apocalyptic Jesus"; An analysis of major exponents and opponents of apocalyptic reconstructions of Jesus in the 20th century and the relation of their reconstructions to theological convictions. Robert J. Miller, The Jesus Seminar; "Theological Stakes in the Apocalyptic Jesus Debate"; An examination of theological subtexts in apocalyptic portraits of Jesus. Responses; By William Arnal, Paula Fredriksen, John Marshall, Amy-Jill Levine, Dale C. Allison, Robert J. Miller. Epilogue; John S. Kloppenborg and John W. Marshall; Consolidated Bibliography

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