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In this national bestseller, John Dominic Crossan reveals how Christianity emerged in the period following Jesus's death. Very little is commonly known about the 30s and 40s BCE, compared to the years following. Crossan, the world's leading expert on the historical Jesus, reconstructs that era, relying on a multidisciplinary approach. Analyzing oral tradition, comparing Gospel manuscripts, and researching cross-cultural anthropological studies, Crossan shines new light on the theological and cultural contexts from which the Christian church arose. The Birth of Christianity thoroughly illuminates the mysterious period of time that set Western religious history on the path it has followed for the last two thousand years.

John Dominic Crossan is generally regarded as the leading historical Jesus scholar in the world. He is the author of several bestselling books, including The Historical Jesus, Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography, The Birth of Christianity, and Who Killed Jesus? He lives in Clermont, Florida."Ambitious and groundbreaking, The Birth of Christianity is a must read for those with a serious interest in Jesus and the early church."- Toronto Star

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Library Journal Review

In his latest book, Crossan (New Testament, DePaul Univ.) asks, "What in that original interaction [between Jesus and his first companions] made continuation from before to after [the Crucifixion] possible or even inevitable?" As with his massive The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Peasant (LJ 2/1/92), Crossan incorporates crosscultural anthropology, literary analysis, and the history and archaeology of Roman Judea in the first century C.E. to answer his pivotal question. Reading early Christian texts against a background he rigorously establishes in the first half of the book, Crossan teases out a picture of infant Christianity. Though he may not convince all readers‘his case rests heavily upon the priority and independence of questionable documents‘Crossan's work cannot be rejected out of hand. Recommended for seminary and academic libraries.‘Craig W. Beard, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Lib. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Booklist Review

Of the many recent books about the historical realities of earliest Christianity, none have been more successful than Crossan's Historical Jesus (1992) and Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994). Crossan's new book is the direct sequel to those biographies. He begins it by explaining, as he did not in the previous books, why the endeavor to ascertain what happened in the first century to give rise to the most pervasive of world religions is important. Basically, it is important (necessary is Crossan's word) because the Catholic, as distinguished from Gnostic (not Protestant), belief in the incarnation ("the Word of God made flesh") obliges Christian scholars to consider the material realities within which the faith arose and grew. In the rest of a massive book, Crossan exhibits what his sources are, how he uses them, and what findings they lead him to. This is heavy-duty scholarship, of a sort that usually discourages a popular readership. But Crossan's clear, convivial style and his habit of engaging in dialogue with his sources and other writings make his work dazzling and engrossing, and the novelty of his subject--Christianity after the Crucifixion but before the evangelism of Paul--should draw ancient as well as religious history enthusiasts like sugar draws wasps. --Ray Olson

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Considered by many to be the most learned scholar on the topic of Jesus Christ, John Dominic Crossan's adversaries question how he reconciles his Catholic faith with 20th century secular study. A former priest, Crossan is the author of The Essential Jesus: Original Sayings and Earliest Images, The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant, Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography; The Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened in the Years Immediately After the Execution of Jesus, and The Cross That Spoke: The Origins of the Passion Narrative, among others.

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