Isbn: 9781848850804 - jesus and the rise of nationalism: a new quest for the nineteenth century historical jesus (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. I B Tauris, London & New York. 2011. 288 pgs. Signed and inscribed by the author Halvor Moxnes on the FFEP. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The great German theologian Albert Schweitzer famously drew a line under 19th century historical Jesus research by showing that at the bottom of the well lay not the face of Joseph's son, but rather the features of all the New Testament scholars who had tried to reveal his elusive essence. In his thoughtful and provocative new book, Halvor Moxnes takes Schweitzer's observation much further: the doomed 'quest for the historical Jesus' was determined not only by the different personalities of the seekers who undertook it, but also by the social, cultural and political agendas of the countries from which their presentations emerged. Thus, Friedrich Schleiermacher's Jesus was a teacher, corresponding with the role German teachers played in Germany's movement for democratic socialism. Ernst Renan's Jesus was by contrast an attempt to represent the 'positive Orient' as a precursor to the civilized self of his own French society. Scottish theologian G A Smith demonstrated in his manly portrayal of Jesus a distinctively British liberalism and Victorian moralism. E-109; 9.3 X 6.1 X 1.2 inches; 288 pages.…

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Gebunden. Zustand: New. Moxnes argues that one cannot understand any life of Jesus apart from nationalism and national identity: and that what is needed in modern biblical studies is an awareness of all the presuppositions that underlie presentations of Jesus, whether in terms o.

Zustand: New. Moxnes argues that one cannot understand any 'life of Jesus' apart from nationalism and national identity: and that what is needed in modern biblical studies is an awareness of all the presuppositions that underlie presentations of Jesus, whether in terms of power, gender, sex and class. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FB; HBJF1; HBLA; HRCF2; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 240 x 27. Weight in Grams: 598. . 2011. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 270 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.