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Who's Who in the Age of Jesus (Paperback)
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Who's Who in the Age of Jesus (Paperback)
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Loot Price R545
Discovery Miles 5 450
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The books of the New Testament are some of the most extraordinary
documents ever created - brilliant, vivid works central to the
lives of many millions of readers over the centuries. Yet, the
picture they give of Jesus' world is a very partial one. Written
thirty to eighty years after the events they describe and with very
specific doctrinal aims they addressed a Greek-speaking audience
when Christianity was at its most precarious. Geza Vermes, one of
the world's foremost biblical scholars, is uniquely positioned to
guide the reader through the many conundrums presented by the New
Testament. "Who's Who in the Age of Jesus" is an ambitious and
enjoyable attempt to sift through all the sources for the period to
create biographies of the major (and some fascinating minor)
figures from Jesus' era. The book allows readers to understand a
Jewish, Roman and Hellenistic world crowded with explosive,
mutually antagonistic groups - a world which would give rise both
to a new Judaism and ultimately to Christianity. From detailed,
convincing portraits of Jesus, John the Baptist, Pontius Pilate,
Herod and other key New Testament figures to the Jewish and Roman
leaders like Hillel, Caiaphas, Augustus, Vespasian and Titus,
hardly or not at all mentioned in the Gospels or the Acts of the
Apostles, Geza Vermes' illustrated "Who's Who" will throw much
fresh light on the age of Jesus and provoke innumerable arguments
and discussions.
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