Scholars have long recognized the relevance to Christianity of the many stories surrounding the life of Alexander the Great, who claimed to be the son of Zeus. This book connects the mythic life and career of Alexander to the stories about Jesus and to the earliest theology of t…
This volume presents pioneering studies on the most important English tradition of representing Christ's life which reshape our understanding of late medieval vernacular and religious textual culture.
Comprehensively detailing the sources for our knowledge of Jesus, Theissen and Merz fully explore the historical and social context of Jesus and his activity. They then unfold what we can know about Jesus' characteristics as a charismatic teacher, a Jewish prophet, a healer, a t…
