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Product Description: Sociology Of Early Palestinian Christianity by Theissen, Gerd
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9780800613303 | Fortress Pr, April 1, 1978, cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Sociology Of Early Palestinian Christianity by Theissen, Gerd

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A fascinating study of the synoptic miracle stories which looks at their structure, reproduction, and function.
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9780567093141 | T&t Clark Ltd, June 1, 1983, cover price $49.95

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9780800662059, titled "The Miracle Stories of the Early Christian Tradition" | Fortress Pr, January 1, 1983, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: A fascinating study of the synoptic miracle stories which looks at their structure, reproduction, and function.

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Product Description: In the tradition of Karl Rahner and Teilhard de Chardin, this book from renowned New Testament scholar Gerd Theissen daringly probes the innermost sanctuaries of the biblical tradition through the lens of evolutionary theory. Without associating evolution with a naïve optimism about progress, Theissen shows how a thorough examination of the "cultural evolution" of the Christian faith can yield glimmers of a possible goal of history: "complete adaptation to the reality of God...read more
By John Bowden (trans) and Gerd Theissen
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9780800618421 | 1 edition (Fortress Pr, March 1, 1985), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: In the tradition of Karl Rahner and Teilhard de Chardin, this book from renowned New Testament scholar Gerd Theissen daringly probes the innermost sanctuaries of the biblical tradition through the lens of evolutionary theory.

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9780567094797 | T&t Clark Ltd, May 1, 1999, cover price $69.95
9780800607890 | Fortress Pr, April 1, 1987, cover price $11.99

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Product Description: 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...read more
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9780800639006 | Updated edition (Fortress Pr, June 4, 2007), cover price $23.00 | About this edition: First published in 1987 by Fortress Press, this 20th anniversary edition of this classic bestseller includes a new Afterword from the author.
9780800620578 | Fortress Pr, July 1, 1987, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: First published in 1987 by Fortress Press, this 20th anniversary edition of this classic bestseller includes a new Afterword from the author.

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9780567291837 | Reissue edition (T&t Clark Ltd, December 1, 1995), cover price $31.95
9780800620950 | Fortress Pr, January 1, 1988, cover price $11.95

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9783161454493 | Mohr Siebrek Ek, December 30, 1989, cover price $82.50

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By John Bowden (trans) and Gerd Theissen
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9780800625610 | Fortress Pr, August 1, 1991, cover price $14.00

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Product Description: An examination of the relationship between the theological and ethical convictions of the first Christians, in the context of the social realities of their world. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780567096180, titled "Social Reality and the Early Christians: Theology, Ethics and the World of the New Testament" | T&t Clark Ltd, May 1, 1999, cover price $80.00 | About this edition: An examination of the relationship between the theological and ethical convictions of the first Christians, in the context of the social realities of their world.
9780800625603 | Fortress Pr, August 1, 1992, cover price $32.00 | About this edition: An examination of the relationship between the theological and ethical convictions of the first Christians, in the context of the social realities of their world.

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9783525535226 | Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co, November 12, 1992, cover price $44.00

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9780334026297 | Scm Pr, April 1, 1996, cover price $19.50

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9780334026969 | Scm Pr, March 1, 1998, cover price $25.00

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Product Description: In the continuing quest for the elusive but compelling figure of Jesus of Nazareth, Gerd Theissen and Annette Merz's authoritative yet engaging book is the single most helpful resource to date. Comprehensively detailing the sources for our knowledge of Jesus, Theissen and Merz fully explore the historical and social context of Jesus and his activity...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780800631239 | Fortress Pr, May 1, 1998, cover price $48.00 | About this edition: In the continuing quest for the elusive but compelling figure of Jesus of Nazareth, Gerd Theissen and Annette Merz's authoritative yet engaging book is the single most helpful resource to date.

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9780800631222 | Fortress Pr, May 1, 1998, cover price $39.00 | About this edition: In the continuing quest for the elusive but compelling figure of Jesus of Nazareth, Gerd Theissen and Annette Merz's authoritative yet engaging book is the single most helpful resource to date.

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Product Description: A major contribution to the theory of religion and the formative stages of churches around the Mediterranean. In these distinguished Oxford lectures, Theissen picks up where he left off in The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide (1998)...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By John Bowden (trans) and Gerd Theissen
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9780800631796 | Fortress Pr, November 1, 1999, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: A major contribution to the theory of religion and the formative stages of churches around the Mediterranean.

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Product Description: Should the dissimilarity between Jesus and early Christianity or between Jesus and Judaism be the central criterion for identifying the historical Jesus? The authors argue that the criterion of dissimilarity does not do justice to the single most important result of more than two hundred years of Jesus research - which is that the historical Jesus belongs to both Judaism and Christianity...read more
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9780664225377 | Westminster John Knox Pr, August 1, 2002, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Should the dissimilarity between Jesus and early Christianity or between Jesus and Judaism be the central criterion for identifying the historical Jesus?

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Product Description: The context of Jesus, his followers, and the early movement What do the social sciences have to contribute to the study of Jesus and the Gospels? This is the fundamental question that these essays all address - from analyses of ancient economics to altered states of consciousness, politics, ritual, kinship, and labeling...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Bruce J. Malina (editor), Wolfgang Stegemann (editor) and Gerd Theissen (editor)
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9780800634520 | Fortress Pr, December 1, 2002, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The context of Jesus, his followers, and the early movement What do the social sciences have to contribute to the study of Jesus and the Gospels?

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Product Description: All the main issues for reading the New Testament are covered in this exciting new introduction by one of the world's foremost biblical scholars.
By John Bowden (trans) and Gerd Theissen
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9780800636227 | Fortress Pr, September 1, 2003, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: All the main issues for reading the New Testament are covered in this exciting new introduction by one of the world's foremost biblical scholars.

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There is no better book than this to introduce any reader to the New Testament. Gerd Theissen presents all the main issues straightforwardly, but with a depth of scholarship and brilliance of analysis that is unsurpassed. Gerd Theissen’s approach is so interesting and illuminating that anyone considering the New Testament for the first time, and even experienced students, will value this book immeasurably.>
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9780567089489 | T&t Clark Ltd, June 1, 2003, cover price $130.00 | About this edition: There is no better book than this to introduce any reader to the New Testament.

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9780567081919 | T&t Clark Ltd, October 30, 2003, cover price $35.95
9780567089496 | T&t Clark Ltd, June 1, 2003, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: There is no better book than this to introduce any reader to the New Testament.

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9780567084866 | T&t Clark Ltd, November 11, 2004, cover price $85.00

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Product Description: Why read the Bible? Gerd Theissen uses the wisdom gained from decades of teaching Bible instruction at a state university to address questions of the Bible's relevance in a postmodern, pluralistic society. He describes the core themes and enduring value of the biblical legacy for anyone seeking to be a well-informed, self-aware, and responsible citizen, and he commends the contributions the Bible can make to interreligious and secular conversation...read more
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9780800638634 | Fortress Pr, February 1, 2007, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Why read the Bible?

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Product Description: 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...read more
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9788430110612 | Italian edition edition (Ediciones Sigueme, January 1, 2008), cover price $28.95 | About this edition: 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.

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9783525521984 | Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co, October 22, 2008, cover price $48.00

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Product Description: English summary: The New Testament scholar Gerd Theissen discusses criticism of his contributions to New Testament research by a dialogue with his critics in Neutestamentliche Grenzgange. He summarizes his contributions and positions...read more
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9783525550236 | Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co, October 15, 2011, cover price $87.00 | About this edition: English summary: The New Testament scholar Gerd Theissen discusses criticism of his contributions to New Testament research by a dialogue with his critics in Neutestamentliche Grenzgange.

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