Boy Jesus

Growing Up Judaean in Turbulent Times

Joan E. Taylor (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

384 Seiten

2025
SPCK Publishing (Verlag)
9780281084982 (ISBN)

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Jesus grew up at a time of deep social disturbance, as the Jewish people struggled to come to terms with Roman occupation. Written by a leading historian of the period, this book explores the question, What would Jesus have witnessed, experienced and felt as a boy growing up in first-century Galilee?

'Enlightening and engaging, this is a must read for everyone interested in the historical Jesus and the birth of Christianity.' - Nick Holmes, author of The Roman Revolution: Crisis and Christianity in Ancient Rome

What would Jesus have witnessed, experienced, and felt as a boy growing up in first-century Galilee?

Jesus lived at a time of deep social disturbance, as the Jewish people struggled to come to terms with Roman occupation. As a boy, he was a refugee, an outsider, an immigrant in the Galilee in which he grew up. He was also a witness to horrific atrocities carried out by the occupying Roman overlords and their client rulers. All this and more is explored in this scholarly but highly accessible historical investigation.

Joan Taylor, a world authority on the history and literature of the first century CE, draws both on the latest archaeological findings and on the historical clues found within key texts of the period. The result is a book that brings the story of Jesus' identity, birth and boyhood clearly to life as never before, while also pointing to the many ways in which his experiences as a child are likely to have influenced him in adulthood.

Joan Taylor (Author) Joan Taylor is Professor Emerita of Christian Origins and Second Temple Judaism, King’s College London, and Honorary Professor in Biblical and Early Christian Studies, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. Her recent books include The Essenes, the Scrolls and the Dead Sea (OUP, 2012), What Did Jesus Look Like? (Bloomsbury, 2018) and (with Helen Bond) Women Remembered: Jesus' Female Disciples (Hodder, 2022). Philip Law (In-House Editor) Philip Law is Publishing Director for SPCK and Lion Books. His previous books include The One Hour Bible (SPCK, 2018), A Time to Pray: 365 classic prayers to help you through the year (Lion, 2002) and The SPCK Book of Christian Prayer (SPCK/Crossroad, 1995/ 2009). He is also a contributor to the 6th edition of The Lion Handbook to the Bible (Lion, 2025).

Figures and Plates
Timeline
1 Identity: Jew, Judahite and Judaean
2 Heritage: Seed of David
3 Location: Bethlehem
4 Born Jesus: The Gospel of Matthew
5 Born Jesus: Luke and Beyond
6 Refugee: Into Egypt
7 Return: A Time of Hope
8 Growing up Galilean
9 Growing up Jesus
Conclusions
Endnotes
Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	28.02.2025
Zusatzinfo	29 photos and diagrams
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 240 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-13	9780281084982 / 9780281084982
Zustand	Neuware