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      The Liberation of Christmas: The Infancy Narratives in Social Context

      Richard A Horsley

      Current biblical scholarship tends to treat the nativity narratives as having little historical basis and to see in them illustrations of the particular theologies of Matthew and Luke. Nonbiblical scholarship…

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      Christmas Unwrapped

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      Christmas Unwrapped offers a fascinating critique of the American Christmas from the perspectives of cultural studies, theology, and biblical studies. The central argument is that Christmas–with its attendant mythology, icons…

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      The Pharisees and the Temple-State of Judea

      Richard A Horsley

      Far from being a stable situation, the historical context in the late Second Temple Era was full of conflict at the level of the empires and that of the rulers…

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      Wisdom and Spiritual Transcendence at Corinth: Studies in First Corinthians

      Richard A Horsley

      Examining each of the major sections of 1 Corinthians, Horsley probes the disagreement Paul had with those claiming special spiritual status. The conflicts over what constitute wisdom, knowledge, and spirituality…

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      Scribes, Visionaries, and the Politics of Second Temple Judea

      Richard A. Horsley

      Judaism and Christianity both arose in times of empire, with roots in Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. In order to understand these religious movements, we must first understand the history…

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      In the Shadow of Empire: Reclaiming the Bible as a History of Faithful Resistance

      The Bible tells the stories of many empires, and many are still considered some of the largest of the ancient and classical world: the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Persians, the…

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      Covenant Economics: A Biblical Vision of Justice for All

      Richard A. Horsley

      The Bible might seem like the last place one would look for information and guidance on economics, but in fact the Bible deals with all aspects of life. Richard Horsley’s…

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      Hidden Transcripts and the Arts of Resistance: Applying the Work of James C. Scott to Jesus and Paul

      Scott is a political scientist who insists that politics cannot be understood apart from culture and religion. He has done fieldwork in Malaysian villages and observed people subject to domination…

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      Text and Tradition in Performance and Writing

      Richard A. Horsley

      About the Contributor(s): Richard A. Horsley is Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and the Study of Religion at the University of Massachusetts. Among his many books are The Prophet Jesus…

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      Wisdom and Spiritual Transcendence at Corinth: Studies in First Corinthians

      Richard A Horsley

      Examining each of the major sections of 1 Corinthians, Horsley probes the disagreement Paul had with those claiming special spiritual status. The conflicts over what constitute wisdom, knowledge, and spirituality…

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      Text and Tradition in Performance and Writing

      Richard A Horsley

      About the Contributor(s): Richard A. Horsley is Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and the Study of Religion at the University of Massachusetts. Among his many books are The Prophet Jesus…

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      Jesus and Magic: Freeing the Gospel Stories from Modern Misconceptions

      Richard A Horsley

      It has become standard in modern interpretation to say that Jesus performed miracles, and even mainline scholarly interpreters classify Jesus’s healings and exorcisms as miracles. Some highly regarded scholars have…

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      Galilee: History, Politics, People

      Richard A. Horsley

      Who were the Galileans? What was their background? Were they descendants of ancient northern Israelites? When had they come under Jerusalem rule? What precipitated resistance movements in the area?

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      Jesus and Magic: Freeing the Gospel Stories from Modern Misconceptions

      Richard A Horsley

      It has become standard in modern interpretation to say that Jesus performed miracles, and even mainline scholarly interpreters classify Jesus’s healings and exorcisms as miracles. Some highly regarded scholars have…

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      Jesus and the Powers: Conflict, Covenant, and the Hope of the Poor

      Richard A. Horsley

      Refusing a false dichotomy between politics and religion in Jesus’ world (and our own), Jesus and the Powers rediscovers Jesus’ response to the imperial power of his day. Richard A…

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      You Shall Not Bow Down and Serve Them

      Richard A Horsley

      Economic justice is the core of the biblical tradition. In this innovative volume, Horsley takes the reader deep in examining how Jesus’ economic project was shaped in opposition to the…

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      Empowering the People: Jesus, Healing, and Exorcism

      Richard A Horsley

      In this innovative study, Horsley builds on his earlier works concerning the problematic and misleading categories of magic and miracle to examine in-depth the meaning and importance of the narratives…

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      Empowering the People: Jesus, Healing, and Exorcism

      Richard A Horsley

      In this innovative study, Horsley builds on his earlier works concerning the problematic and misleading categories of magic and miracle to examine in-depth the meaning and importance of the narratives…

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      The Pharisees and the Temple-State of Judea

      Richard A Horsley

      Far from being a stable situation, the historical context in the late Second Temple Era was full of conflict at the level of the empires and that of the rulers…

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      You Shall Not Bow Down and Serve Them

      Richard A Horsley

      Economic justice is the core of the biblical tradition. In this innovative volume, Horsley takes the reader deep in examining how Jesus’ economic project was shaped in opposition to the…

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      Jesus and the Spiral of Violence: Popular Jewish Resistance in Roman Palestine

      Richard A. Horsley

      From this engrossing portrait of first-century Palestine, Jesus emerges as the catalyst of nonviolent social revolution that anticipates the renewal of Israel. This fascinating analysis opens up a new perspective…

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      Paul and Empire: Religion and Power in Roman Imperial Society

      Over the centuries, Paul has been understood as the prototypical convert from Judaism to Christianity. At the time of Pauls conversion, however, Christianity did not yet exist. Moreover, Paul says…

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      Bandits, Prophets and Messiahs

      Here is a brilliant portrait of Jewish culture in the first century. This book contains a fresh evaluation of Jesus’ relation to this complex society.

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      Paul and the Roman Imperial Order

      This collection of articles offers cutting edge scholarship on Paul’s mission and letters in his political cultural context.

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      Hearing the Whole Story: The Politics of Plot in Mark’s Gospel

      Richard A. Horsley

      Richard Horsley provides a sure guide for first time readers of Mark’s Gospel and, at the very same time, induces those more familiar with Mark to take a fresh look…

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      Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine

      Richard A. Horsley

      In the broader context of this comprehensive historical construction of Jesus’s mission, Horsley presents a fresh new analysis of Jesus’s healings and exorcisms and his conflict with the Pharisees, topics…

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      Jesus and Magic: Freeing the Gospel Stories from Modern Misconceptions

      Richard A. Horsley

      A compelling re-examination of the miracle stories of the Gospels, arguing that modern interpretations that depict them as ‘magical’ events misconstrue their original context.

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      Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine

      Richard A Horsley

      In Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine, Richard A. Horsley offers one of the most comprehensive critical analyses of Jesus of Nazareth’s mission and how he became a significant…

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      Jesus and Empire: The Kingdom of God and the New World Disorder

      Richard A. Horsley

      Building on his earlier studies of Jesus, Galilee, and the social upheavals in Roman Palestine, Horsley focuses his attention on how Jesus’ proclamation of the kingdom of God relates to…

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      Revolt of the Scribes: Resistance and Apocalyptic Origins

      Richard A. Horsley

      Richard A. Horsley surveys responses in Second Temple Jewish literature to the rise of Hellenistic and Roman empires, discovering in a range of apocalyptic writings the traces of a coherent…

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      Jesus in Context: Power, People, and Performance

      Richard A. Horsley

      *Applies new methods to the study of the historical Jesus * Includes illuminating maps

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      Corinthians

      Richard A. Horsley

      This commentary highlights both the socio-political context of 1 Corinthians and the clash of significantly different religious viewpoints represented by Paul and the congregation he had founded in Corinth.

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      Oral Performance, Popular Tradition, and Hidden Transcript in Q

      Richard, A. Horsley

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      Prophet Jesus and the Renewal of Israel: Moving Beyond a Diversionary Debate

      Richard Horsley

      Debate over whether or not Jesus can be best interpreted within an apocalyptic scenario has continued to dominate historical Jesus studies since Schweitzer and Bultmann. InThe Prophet Jesus and the…

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      Static Push

      Richard Horsley

      When the team of scientists at Dennison Industries makes an unexpected discovery, they realise that their fledgling technology has far greater possibilities than they could have imagined. The Push isn't…

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      Oral Performance, Popular Tradition, and Hidden Transcript in Q

      Richard Horsley

      Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).

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      Paul and Politics

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      A provocative analysis of interrelated issues running through Paul’s letters including Paul’s views on the Roman Empire, on the politics of Israel, and politics and the church.

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      After Apocalyptic and Wisdom: Rethinking Texts in Context

      Richard A. Horsley,Patrick A Tiller

      Introduction,PART ONE: The Social-Political Context of Apocalyptic and Wisdom Texts,Ben Sira and the Sociology of the Second Temple,The Politics of Cultural Production,The Social Settings of the Components of 1 Enoch.PART…

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      After Apocalyptic and Wisdom: Rethinking Texts in Context

      Richard A Horsley,Patrick A Tiller

      CONTENTS Introduction PART ONE: The Social-Political Context of Apocalyptic and Wisdom Texts 1. Ben Sira and the Sociology of the Second Temple 2. The Politics of Cultural Production 3. The…

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      Whoever Hears You Hears ME: Prophets, Performance, and Tradition in Q

      Richard A. Horsley,Jonathan A. Draper

      Here is a challenge to New Testament scholars to engage in a fresh analysis of Q. The authors argue that recent American study of Q has been dominated by those…

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      Politics, Conflict, and Movements in First-Century Palestine

      Richard A Horsley

      This volume brings together groundbreaking essays that laid the foundations of several of Horsley's later works. The initial aims of these essays were, first, to ferret out evidence from our…

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      Politics, Conflict, and Movements in First-Century Palestine

      Richard A Horsley

      This volume brings together groundbreaking essays that laid the foundations of several of Horsley's later works. The initial aims of these essays were, first, to ferret out evidence from our…

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      The Message and the Kingdom: How Jesus & Paul Ignited a Revolution & Transformed the Ancient World

      Richard A. Horsley,Neil Asher Silberman

      Set against the backdrop of Roman imperial history, this book demonstrates how the quest for the kingdom of God by Jesus, Paul and the earliest churches should be understood as…

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      John, Jesus, and the Renewal of Israel

      Richard Horsley,Tom Thatcher

      In this book Richard Horsley and Tom Thatcher trace the Gospel of John’s portrayal of Jesus as a prophet of renewal by reading the text against a double backdrop –…

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      Performing the Gospel: Orality, Memory, and Mark

      Jonathan A. Draper,John Miles Foley,Richard A. Horsley

      This ground-breaking volume gathers the best new work in Gospels criticism centered on how the Gospels actually came to be: through oral tradition, story performance, and cultural memory.

      Contributors include:

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      New Perspectives on Ancient Judaism

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      Born to Fight

      Richy Horsley,Stephen Richards

      To the unsuspecting, Richy Horsley could just be an unassuming thirty-something character. Yet in reality, Crazy Horse, as he is better known, is a boxer, street fighter and bouncer, there…

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      Money and Possessions: Interpretation: Resources for the Use of Scripture in the Church

      Walter Brueggemann (Columbia Theological Seminary)

      The Bible is rich with complex and diverse material on the topic of money and possessions. Indeed, a close look at many scriptural texts reveals that economics is a core…

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