Tables of Contents for The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels
Introductory Perspectives
1
62
Social-Scientific Methods in Historical Jesus Research
3
24
Ethnocentrism and Historical Questions about Jesus
27
18
The Contextual Ethics of Jesus
45
18
Social-Psychological Perspectives
63
72
Jesus as Fatherless Child
65
20
Jesus Heals the Hemorrhaging Woman
85
18
Altered States of Consciousness in the Synoptics
103
14
Jesus and the Demoniacs
117
18
Social-Boundary Concerns
135
88
The Baptism of Jesus: A Ritual-Critical Approach
137
22
The Politics of Exorcism
159
16
The Historical Jesus and Honor Reversal at the Table
175
10
Jesus and the Reduction of Intergroup Conflict
185
22
The Plague of Uncleanness? The Ancient Illness Construct ``Issue of Blood'' in Luke 8:43-48
207
16
Politics and Political Religion
223
110
The Political Dimension of Jesus' Activities
225
26
The Political Jesus: Discipleship and Disengagement
251
32
Jesus and the Social Bandits
283
18
The Jesus Movement and Network Analysis
301
32
Politics and Political Economy
333
32
Money in the Moral Universe of the New Testament
335
14
Gifts, Tributes, and Offerings
349
16
An Overview of the Task
365
14
The Gospels in Comparison with the Pauline Letters: What We Can Learn from Social-Scientific Models
367
12
Index of Ancient Sources
379
10