Historical Jesus

Who is the Historical Jesus?

An Overview of the Historical Jesus Literature

Dr. Dale C. Allison Jr. is a distinguished scholar in the New Testament, an expert in the study of the Historical Jesus, and, more importantly, my former professor during my time at Princeton. He was one of the most impactful and memorable professors I had during my seminary education. The material is very similar to his course at Princeton and it is an amazing opportunity for all of us to go thru this class a group.

The Class

We will meet online. The class uses the Harvard pedagogical method of “Connect, Extend, Challenge.” Please watch a video before our class, and write down connections, extensions, and challenges. We will then go into a group discussion to share our findings.

Week 1: The Reformation

  • Dale C. Allison Jr. - Jesus of Nazareth_ Millenarian Prophet (1991)
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    Dale C. Allison Jr. - Resurrecting Jesus_ The Earliest Christian Tradition and Its Interpreters (2005)
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    Dale C. Allison Jr. - The historical Christ and the theological Jesus (2009)
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    Dale C. Allison Jr. - Constructing Jesus_ Memory, Imagination, and History (2010)
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    Dale C. Allison Jr. - The Resurrection of Jesus_ Apologetics, Polemics, History (2021)
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  • Dale Martin (Yale) - The Historical Jesus

    John Hamer (Centre Place) - The Historical Jesus

    Matt Baker (Useful Charts) - Earliest Depictions of Jesus

    Filip Holm (Let’s Talk Religion) - Did Jesus Exist?

Week 2: The 17 and 18 Century

Week 3: David Fredrich Strauss

Week 4: Albert Schweitzer

Week 5: Form Critics

Week 6: Dodd & Taylor

Week 7: E.P. Sanders

Week 8: John Dominic Crossan

Week 9: Dale Allison pt. 1

Week 10: Dale Allison pt. 2

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