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The Shadow of the Galilean: The Quest of the Historical Jesus in Narrative Form
First published in 1987 by Fortress Press, this 20th anniversary edition of this classic bestseller includes a new Afterword from the author. Here, in narrative form, is an account of the activity of Jesus of Nazareth, scrupulously constructed so that it does not undercut the insights of New Testament scholarship. What makes it different from other such attempts is that Jesus never actually appears. What we find everywhere is his shadow, his effect. Such an approach avoids the usual pitfalls of the genre and lends this story - attributed to a fictitious narrator - an attraction, freshness, and power all its own. Tension and interest are maintained to the end, even for those sated with books about Jesus. Careful documentation in the footnotes shows how much of the narrative is based on ancient sources..
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The Galilean Jewishness of Jesus: Retrieving the Jewish Origins of Christianity (Conversation on the Road Not Taken, Vol. 1)
In The Galilean Jewishness of Jesus, the first of a three-volume series, author Bernard J. Lee, S.M., reconstructs the historical, cultural and religious fabric of Galilee in the time of Jesus and examines four kinds of Jews who would have been familiar to the religious landscape of Jesus' Galilee: teacher, Pharisee, wandering charismatic, eschatological prophet. Author Lee shows how Christians today can interpret the meaning of Jesus in a way that is both adequate to their religious experience and yet does not violate Jesus' Jewishness..
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Julian's Against the Galileans
"Julian the Apostate sought to create a kind of 'Church of Paganism' as a viable alternative to the Christian religion in which he was reared, but which he repudiated to take up his ancestral gods and their rites. Thus it is fitting that Julian be treated as a Pagan Church Father. That is the treatment given him at last by the erudite R. Joseph Hoffmann, whose earlier reconstruction of Porphyry's AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS and Celsus's THE TRUE WORD allowed these great prophetic anti-Christian voices to sound forth again, no longer muffled and gagged by the Christian polemical contexts in which form alone Mother Church permitted them to survive. Bravo!--both for the fact of this book and its sterling quality!" ROBERT M. PRICE; Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary; Author of DECONSTRUCTING JESUS and THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING SON OF MAN "Professor Hoffmann in a very solid work has laid the foundation for any future study of Julian the Apostate. His book is a great achievement, and I will consult it frequently." DR. GERD LUDEMANN; Professor of the History and Literature of Early Christianity; University of Gottingen, Germany; Author of PAUL: THE FOUNDER OF CHRISTIANITY and JESUS AFTER TWO THOUSAND YEARS Julian, nephew of the first Christian emperor, Constantine I, is one of the most fascinating figures in late antiquity. Ruling during the turbulent years of the waning Roman Empire and the growth of Christianity, his reign inspired both admiration and contempt. In an attempt to restore the traditional religions of the empire, Julian argued in AGAINST THE GALILEANS that Christianity is not a universal religion but a local movement spun out of control. Noted professor of religion R. Joseph Hoffmann presents the first modern English translation of this important work and related writing. Hoffmann's historical introduction to Julian's life and a detailed treatment of his religious philosophy is invaluable for anyone interested in the final phase of the conflict between paganism and Christian teaching..
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Judas the Galilean: The flesh and blood Jesus
In his history of the Jewish nation, Josephus wrote only of the death of Jesus, not mentioning one detail of his life. In contrast, the life of Judas the Galilean was chronicled from his temple cleansing to his grandson's suicide at Masada. Yet, Josephus did not tell us how Judas died. Is it possible that Judas and Jesus are the same person? Just a few of the similarities are listed below. Both Judas and Jesus cleansed the Temple in Jerusalem. Like Jesus, Judas was anointed King or Messiah by his followers in Galilee. The organizations of the teachers were identical. The second-in-command to Jesus was nicknamed Cephas. Josephus called Judas' second, Sadduc. Barabbas was released in the trial of Jesus during the reign of Pilate. Judas was arrested by Herod the Great and later released to the Jewish crowd. Jesus was interrogated by Annas and later crucified because of his stand against Roman taxation. Judas led the tax revolt against Roman taxation in 6 AD. Annas became High Priest in 7 AD. .
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Telescopes, Tides, and Tactics: A Galilean Dialogue about The Starry Messenger and Systems of the World
Publication of Galileo's Starry Messenger in 1610, detailing startling observations with the newly invented telescope, sparked immediate furor among the astronomers and philosophers of the day. The discovery of the "Medicean stars" (the satellites of Jupiter) was pronounced a hoax, an optical illusion, a logical and theological impossibility. Stillman Drake, one of the world's foremost Galileo scholars, recreates in Telescopes, Tides, and Tactics the fascinating aftermath of the publication of the Starry Messenger. Drawing on Galileo's scientific working papers and the letters and notebooks of his colleagues, Drake presents an imaginative Galilean dialogue using the text of the Starry Messenger as a departure point for discussions of appropriate scientific method, new discoveries, and the emergence of a new world view at this early stage of the Scientific Revolution. Drake has revised his earlier abridged translation of the Starry Messenger, and for the first time the entire work is presented here in modern English. No other edition or translation of this famous work has analyzed Galileo's recorded observations in detail, compared them with modern calculations, or explained the later use he made of them. In the accompanying fictional dialogue, Salviati, Sagredo, and Sarpi reread the Starry Messenger in 1613 and discuss events and issues raised in the three years since its publication. Much of the dialogue is based on archival materials not previously cited in English. Drake has unearthed a wealth of information that will interest the lay reader as well as the historian and the scientist—descriptions of the various and occasionally bizarre critics of Galileo, a reconstruction of Galileo's promised book on the system of the world, his tables of observations and calculations of satellite motions, and evidence for an early tide theory. It was this theory explaining tides by motions of the earth, rather than the influence of Platonic metaphysics, Drake argues that played a major role in Galileo's acceptance of Copernican astronomy. Telescopes, Tides, and Tactics is a thorough portrait of Galileo as a working astronomer. Offering much more than a commentary on the Starry Messenger, Drake has written a novel and absorbing contribution to the history of physics and astronomy and the study of the Scientific Revolution. .
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IBSEN, Emperor and Galilean
Emperor and Galilean was published in 1873 when Ibsen was at the height of his creative powers. He saw it as the cornerstone of his entire dramatic output. He had completed the two great poetic dramas, Brand and Peer Gynt, and was about to embark on the cycle of twelve modern plays, beginning with Pillars of Society and concluding with When We Dead Awaken , which were to establish his unrivaled international fame. While the plays of the Realist Cycle are well-known, Emperor and Galilean still awaits discovery by modern readers, actors and directors..
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