Jesus in an Age of Terror

James G. Crossley is Professor of Bible, Culture and Politics in the Department of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield.

• Preface Part I: Christian Origins and New Testament Studies in Ideologically and Historically Contaminated Contexts 1. Introduction: Reading the History of New Testament and Christian Origins Scholarship 2. The Politics of the Bibliobloggers Appendix: Selected Unedited Excerpts from the Now Defunct Dr Cathey’s Blog for Purposes of Reference Part II: Neo-Orientalism: Orientalism, Hideously Emboldened 3. The Context: A Clash of Civilisations?4. Anglo-American Power and Liberal Scholarship: Scholarly Reconstructions of the Social World of Christian Origins Part III: ‘Jewishness’, Jesus and Christian Origins since 1967 5. The Context: Judaism and Christianity; Israel and the West 6. Jewish…but not that Jewish Conclusions

'This work is chocked full of important and innovative observations - and the book as a whole makes a seminal contribution to the field. It is sharp, to the point, and critically engaging. I have absolute confidence it will be well received by biblical scholars of all persuasions.'Todd Penner, Gould H. and Marie Cloud Associate Professor in Religious Studies, Austin College, Texas