The Rise and Fall of Jesus

Steuart Campbell

doi:10.5771/9783828873278

Summary

What really happened to Jesus? Did he rise from the dead, and if not why do Christians believe that he did? Did he have a plan and, if so, what was it? Did he accomplish his purpose or did the plan fail? If it failed, what were the consequences?

Steuart Campbell, once a Christian, takes a rationalist look at the problem of Christian origins and shows that no previous writer has completely solved the riddle of Jesus. Here he shows us a new hypothesis, one that explains Jesus‘ curious behaviour.

Here is Jesus in historical context, the leader of an obscure Jewish sect which believed that it was fulfilling a divine plan revealed in the Scriptures. This plan required the Messiah to die and rise again to become the king of Israel, throwing the Romans out of Judaea and even replacing the Emperor as ruler of the known world. Read how Jesus expected to accomplish this.

The author displays immense knowledge of the Bible and the history of the Jews and he explains many mysteries. He builds on the work of many other authors and constructs what is surely the true explanation for the origin of Christianity. This should be the last word on the historical Jesus. It is certainly an excellent review of the many attempts to solve the mystery.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8288-4346-2
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8288-7327-8
Publisher: Tectum, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 258
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages I - XXII
1. Looking for Jesus No access
2. Rising and falling No access
3. ‘In the name of Jesus’ No access
4. Christian beliefs No access
5. Abbreviations No access
1. The argument for historicity No access
2. Wells’s theory of Christian origins No access
3. Did Josephus mention Jesus? No access
4. Did Rome know of Jesus? No access
5. The Jesus of Paul No access
1. Where was Jesus born? No access
2. The Birth Narrative No access
3. When was Jesus born? No access
1. Early influences No access
2. Jesus’ trade No access
3. What languages did Jesus speak? No access
4. Jesus’ Scriptures No access
5. Jesus and the Nazarene sect No access
6. Nazarene organization No access
7. Nazarene interpretation of Scripture No access
8. 1. Essene philosophy No access
  2. Sadducean philosophy No access
  3. Pharisaic philosophy No access
  4. Zealot philosophy No access
9. This world and the next No access
1. Signs of the times No access
2. The Announcer No access
3. Baptism No access
4. Temptations No access
5. Who did he think he was? No access
6. Was Jesus sane? No access
7. What was Jesus’ strategy? No access
8. The resurrection drug No access
1. Sight to the blind No access
2. Water and wine No access
3. Loaves and fishes No access
4. Walking on water No access
5. Transfiguration No access
1. A time to die No access
2. Countdown to the kingdom No access
3. The Anointing No access
4. The triumphal entry No access
5. Cleansing the Temple No access
6. The Tribute Money No access
7. The Upper Room No access
8. The ‘betrayal’ No access
9. Judas takes a message No access
1. The Arrest No access
2. Interrogation No access
3. Trial No access
4. Crucifixion No access
1. Burial No access
2. The empty tomb No access
3. Resurrection? No access
4. Mission impossible No access
Appendix A: The search for Jesus No access Pages 219 - 238
Appendix B: Schweitzer’s Jesus No access Pages 239 - 244
Bibliography No access Pages 245 - 254
Index No access Pages 255 - 258