Jesus As Peasant Sage: Engaging the Work of John Dominic Crossan (Library of New Testament Studies)

A look at the work of John Dominic Crossan, known for his work in interpreting Jesus using cross-cultural methods. This volume looks at the work of John Dominic Crossan. Crossan is known for his work in interpreting Jesus using cross-cultural methods. He understands Jesus to be a cynic-like sage who counter-culturally works for a 'brokerless kingdom' in which there is 'open commensality' among those who follow Jesus' teachings. He is known for demonstrating the importance on incorporating the use of non-canonical sources in one's reconstruction of Jesus. Some of his historical-Jesus works include Four Other Gospels (1985), The Cross that Spoke (1988), The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant (1991), Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994), Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts (2001; co-authored with Jonathan Reed), and most recently, God and Empire: Jesus against Rome, Then and Now (2007).