"The hard work, insight, and creativity of the two editors of this important volume on the historical Jesus must be applauded right here at the start. James Dunn and Scott McKnight are two seasoned New Testament scholars who are well versed in the debate on the so-called historical Jesus. In this tour de force they worked through an endless volume of literature on this subject, from the start of the debate in the late 1700s until the present, to produce an introduction to the "quest of the historical Jesus" as well as to get to the heart of what this "quest" is all about." -- Stephan Joubert, Pretoria, South Africa in Review of Biblical Literature, July 2006.

• Series PrefaceEditors’ PrefaceAbbreviationsPart 1 Classic VoicesIntroduction (James D. G. Dunn)Albert Schweitzer - The Solution of Thoroughgoing EschatologyRudolf Bultmann - View-Point and MethodHenry J. Cadbury - The Cause and Cure of ModernizationMartin Kähler - Against the Life-of-Jesus MovementPart 2 MethodologyIntroduction (James D. G. Dunn)Rudolf Bultmann - “I”-SayingsJoachim Jeremias - Characteristics of the Ipsissima VoxBruce Chilton - Regnum Dei Deus EstJohn P. Meier - Criteria: How Do We Decide What Comes from Jesus?Eugene E. Lemcio - The Past of Jesus in the GospelsJames D. G. Dunn - The TraditionPart 3 Teachings of Jesus: God, Kingdom, Ethics, Parables, and Old TestamentIntroduction (James D. G. Dunn)W. G. Kümmel - The Pressing Imminence of the EndJoachim Jeremias - ’Abba as an Address to GodN. T. Wright - Kingdom Redefined: The AnnouncementE. P. Sanders - Jesus and the First Table of the Jewish LawDale C. Allison, Jr. - The Allusive JesusKlyne R. Snodgrass - From Allegorizing to Allegorizing: A History of the Interpretation of the Parables of JesusPart 4 Jesus: Who Was He?Introduction (Scot McKnight)G. B. Caird - Jesus and the Jewish NationRichard A. Horsley - Abandoning the Unhistorical Quest for an Apolitical Jesus Marcus J. Borg - The Spirit-Filled Experience of JesusP. M. Casey - Son of ManPeter Stuhlmacher - The Messianic Son of Man: Jesus’ Claim to DeityPart 5 Jesus: Major EventsIntroduction (Scot McKnight)Gerd Theissen - The Historical Intention of Primitive Christian Miracle StoriesE. P. Sanders - Jesus and the TempleC. E. B. Cranfield - The Resurrection of Jesus ChristPeter Stuhlmacher - Jesus’ Readiness to Suffer and His Understanding of His DeathGerd Luedemann - The History and Nature of the Earliest Christian Belief in the ResurrectionPart 6 Jesus and OthersIntroduction (Scot McKnight)Ben F. Meyer - The Judgment and Salvation of IsraelP. W. Barnett - The Jewish Sign ProphetsJames D. G. Dunn - Pharisees, Sinners, and JesusP. S. Alexander - Jesus and the Golden RuleAmy-Jill Levine - The Word Becomes Flesh: Jesus, Gender, and SexualityPart 7 ConclusionConclusion (Scot McKnight)Rudolf Bultmann - The Message of Jesus and the Problem of MythologyG. N. Stanton - The Gospel Traditions and Early Christological ReflectionJohn A. T. Robinson - The Last Tabu? The Self-Consciousness of JesusRobert Morgan - The Historical Jesus and the Theology of the New TestamentIndex of AuthorsIndex of ScriptureIndex of Other Ancient Sources

"The hard work, insight, and creativity of the two editors of this important volume on the historical Jesus must be applauded right here at the start. James Dunn and Scott McKnight are two seasoned New Testament scholars who are well versed in the debate on the so-called historical Jesus. In this tour de force they worked through an endless volume of literature on this subject, from the start of the debate in the late 1700s until the present, to produce an introduction to the "quest of the historical Jesus" as well as to get to the heart of what this "quest" is all about." -- Stephan Joubert, Pretoria, South Africa in Review of Biblical Literature, July 2006.

• Series PrefaceEditors’ PrefaceAbbreviationsPart 1 Classic VoicesIntroduction (James D. G. Dunn)Albert Schweitzer - The Solution of Thoroughgoing EschatologyRudolf Bultmann - View-Point and MethodHenry J. Cadbury - The Cause and Cure of ModernizationMartin Kähler - Against the Life-of-Jesus MovementPart 2 MethodologyIntroduction (James D. G. Dunn)Rudolf Bultmann - “I”-SayingsJoachim Jeremias - Characteristics of the Ipsissima VoxBruce Chilton - Regnum Dei Deus EstJohn P. Meier - Criteria: How Do We Decide What Comes from Jesus?Eugene E. Lemcio - The Past of Jesus in the GospelsJames D. G. Dunn - The TraditionPart 3 Teachings of Jesus: God, Kingdom, Ethics, Parables, and Old TestamentIntroduction (James D. G. Dunn)W. G. Kümmel - The Pressing Imminence of the EndJoachim Jeremias - ’Abba as an Address to GodN. T. Wright - Kingdom Redefined: The AnnouncementE. P. Sanders - Jesus and the First Table of the Jewish LawDale C. Allison, Jr. - The Allusive JesusKlyne R. Snodgrass - From Allegorizing to Allegorizing: A History of the Interpretation of the Parables of JesusPart 4 Jesus: Who Was He?Introduction (Scot McKnight)G. B. Caird - Jesus and the Jewish NationRichard A. Horsley - Abandoning the Unhistorical Quest for an Apolitical Jesus Marcus J. Borg - The Spirit-Filled Experience of JesusP. M. Casey - Son of ManPeter Stuhlmacher - The Messianic Son of Man: Jesus’ Claim to DeityPart 5 Jesus: Major EventsIntroduction (Scot McKnight)Gerd Theissen - The Historical Intention of Primitive Christian Miracle StoriesE. P. Sanders - Jesus and the TempleC. E. B. Cranfield - The Resurrection of Jesus ChristPeter Stuhlmacher - Jesus’ Readiness to Suffer and His Understanding of His DeathGerd Luedemann - The History and Nature of the Earliest Christian Belief in the ResurrectionPart 6 Jesus and OthersIntroduction (Scot McKnight)Ben F. Meyer - The Judgment and Salvation of IsraelP. W. Barnett - The Jewish Sign ProphetsJames D. G. Dunn - Pharisees, Sinners, and JesusP. S. Alexander - Jesus and the Golden RuleAmy-Jill Levine - The Word Becomes Flesh: Jesus, Gender, and SexualityPart 7 ConclusionConclusion (Scot McKnight)Rudolf Bultmann - The Message of Jesus and the Problem of MythologyG. N. Stanton - The Gospel Traditions and Early Christological ReflectionJohn A. T. Robinson - The Last Tabu? The Self-Consciousness of JesusRobert Morgan - The Historical Jesus and the Theology of the New TestamentIndex of AuthorsIndex of ScriptureIndex of Other Ancient Sources

"The hard work, insight, and creativity of the two editors of this important volume on the historical Jesus must be applauded right here at the start. James Dunn and Scott McKnight are two seasoned New Testament scholars who are well versed in the debate on the so-called historical Jesus. In this tour de force they worked through an endless volume of literature on this subject, from the start of the debate in the late 1700s until the present, to produce an introduction to the "quest of the historical Jesus" as well as to get to the heart of what this "quest" is all about." -- Stephan Joubert, Pretoria, South Africa in Review of Biblical Literature, July 2006.

• Series PrefaceEditors’ PrefaceAbbreviationsPart 1 Classic VoicesIntroduction (James D. G. Dunn)Albert Schweitzer - The Solution of Thoroughgoing EschatologyRudolf Bultmann - View-Point and MethodHenry J. Cadbury - The Cause and Cure of ModernizationMartin Kähler - Against the Life-of-Jesus MovementPart 2 MethodologyIntroduction (James D. G. Dunn)Rudolf Bultmann - “I”-SayingsJoachim Jeremias - Characteristics of the Ipsissima VoxBruce Chilton - Regnum Dei Deus EstJohn P. Meier - Criteria: How Do We Decide What Comes from Jesus?Eugene E. Lemcio - The Past of Jesus in the GospelsJames D. G. Dunn - The TraditionPart 3 Teachings of Jesus: God, Kingdom, Ethics, Parables, and Old TestamentIntroduction (James D. G. Dunn)W. G. Kümmel - The Pressing Imminence of the EndJoachim Jeremias - ’Abba as an Address to GodN. T. Wright - Kingdom Redefined: The AnnouncementE. P. Sanders - Jesus and the First Table of the Jewish LawDale C. Allison, Jr. - The Allusive JesusKlyne R. Snodgrass - From Allegorizing to Allegorizing: A History of the Interpretation of the Parables of JesusPart 4 Jesus: Who Was He?Introduction (Scot McKnight)G. B. Caird - Jesus and the Jewish NationRichard A. Horsley - Abandoning the Unhistorical Quest for an Apolitical Jesus Marcus J. Borg - The Spirit-Filled Experience of JesusP. M. Casey - Son of ManPeter Stuhlmacher - The Messianic Son of Man: Jesus’ Claim to DeityPart 5 Jesus: Major EventsIntroduction (Scot McKnight)Gerd Theissen - The Historical Intention of Primitive Christian Miracle StoriesE. P. Sanders - Jesus and the TempleC. E. B. Cranfield - The Resurrection of Jesus ChristPeter Stuhlmacher - Jesus’ Readiness to Suffer and His Understanding of His DeathGerd Luedemann - The History and Nature of the Earliest Christian Belief in the ResurrectionPart 6 Jesus and OthersIntroduction (Scot McKnight)Ben F. Meyer - The Judgment and Salvation of IsraelP. W. Barnett - The Jewish Sign ProphetsJames D. G. Dunn - Pharisees, Sinners, and JesusP. S. Alexander - Jesus and the Golden RuleAmy-Jill Levine - The Word Becomes Flesh: Jesus, Gender, and SexualityPart 7 ConclusionConclusion (Scot McKnight)Rudolf Bultmann - The Message of Jesus and the Problem of MythologyG. N. Stanton - The Gospel Traditions and Early Christological ReflectionJohn A. T. Robinson - The Last Tabu? The Self-Consciousness of JesusRobert Morgan - The Historical Jesus and the Theology of the New TestamentIndex of AuthorsIndex of ScriptureIndex of Other Ancient Sources