Product Description: In his latest book, Sean Freyne draws on his detailed knowledge of Galilean society in the Roman period, based on both literary and archaeological sources, to give a fresh and provocative reading of the Jesus story within its Galilean setting...read more

Product Description: In this book, Sean Freyne gives new insights into the understanding of the historical Jesus and his ministry in the context of the social setting of Galilee. The author is director of the Herzog Centre for Jewish and Near Eastern Studies at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Introduction: The many faces of the divine? / Hermann Ha?ring -- I. Images of God and the divine. 'Treasure to the good, protection to evil' / Knut Walf. God, gods and divinity in the Hindu tradition of the Pa?n?cara?tra / Angelika Malinar. Zen and human existence / Ruben L.F. Habito. The paradox of the many faces of God in monotheism / David Tracy. Christian belief in the threefold God / Hermann Ha?ring -- II. Dimensions of religious experience of God. God in Ntomba prayer / Laurent Mpongo. The experience of God in Jesus Christ / Bruno Forte. Meister Eckhart : the postponement of unity as a sphere of life / Frans Maas. The relationship with God and social conduct / Peter Eicher. The feminine face of God / Helen Schu?ngel-Straumann. Negative theology as postmodern talk of God / Erik Borgman -- III. The God of life and the gods of death. The divine in a godless society / Johann Figl. The God of life and the revival of religion / Pablo Richard -- Special column 1995/2: The church a/ Pablo Richard -

Product Description: Book by Freyne, Sean