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Archaeology, History, and Society in Galilee: The Social Context of Jesus and the Rabbis

This book attempts to construct bridges of communication and engagement between the fields of archaeology and history focuses on a new understanding of Galilee. Chapter by chapter, Richard Horsley pieces together a picture of social relastions in Galilee that is based upon and helps explain both the artifacts and the texts, and that takes fully into consideration the changing historical circumstances in the time of Jesus and the rabbis.

By Richard A. Horsley

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9780567657886 | 2 edition (T&t Clark Ltd, March 8, 2018), cover price $29.95

9781563381829 | T&t Clark Ltd, November 1, 1996, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: This book attempts to construct bridges of communication and engagement between the fields of archaeology and history focuses on a new understanding of Galilee.

Jesus and Magic: Freeing the Gospel Stories from Modern Misconceptions

Product Description: 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 argued, more provocatively, that the healings and exorcisms were magic, and that Jesus was a magician...read more

By Richard A. Horsley

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9780227175255 | James Clarke, April 30, 2015, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: 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.

9781498201728 | Wipf & Stock Pub, October 27, 2014, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: 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.

Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine

By Richard A. Horsley

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9781611172935 | Univ of South Carolina Pr, December 20, 2013, cover price $44.95

Text and Tradition in Performance and Writing

Product Description: Embedded in modern print culture, biblical scholars have been projecting the assumptions and concepts of print culture onto the texts they interpret. In the ancient world from which those texts originate, however, literacy was confined to only a small number of educated scribes...read more

By Richard A. Horsley

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9781625641588 | Wipf & Stock Pub, November 5, 2013, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: Embedded in modern print culture, biblical scholars have been projecting the assumptions and concepts of print culture onto the texts they interpret.

Performing the Gospel: Orality, Memory, and Mark

By Richard A. Horsley (editor)

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9780800698317 | Fortress Pr, May 1, 2011, cover price $29.00

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

Product Description: Refuting 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. Horsley describes the relevance of political realities under great empires for understanding the rise of covenantal theology and apocalyptic vision in Israel's history...read more

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9780800697082 | Fortress Pr, October 1, 2010, cover price $34.00 | About this edition: Refuting 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.

Revolt of the Scribes: Resistance and Apocalyptic Origins

Product Description: In previous studies, Richard A. Horsley has set Jesus in the context of Jewish prophetic and social banditry movements and has elaborated the imperial context of the New Testament writings. Here he 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 movement of defiance, critique, and resistance to tyranny...read more

By Richard A. Horsley

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9780800662967 | Fortress Pr, October 1, 2009, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: In previous studies, Richard A.

Covenant Economics: A Biblical Vision of Justice for All

By Richard A. Horsley

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9780664233952 | Westminster John Knox Pr, June 29, 2009, cover price $25.00

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

By Richard A. Horsley (editor)

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9780664232320 | Westminster John Knox Pr, October 31, 2008, cover price $25.00

Jesus in Context: Power, People, and Perfomance

By Richard A. Horsley

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9780800663124, titled "Jesus in Context: Power, People, & Perfomance" | Fortress Pr, September 1, 2008, cover price $34.00

Scribes, Visionaries, and the Politics of Second Temple Judea

By Richard A. Horsley

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9780664229917 | Westminster John Knox Pr, September 19, 2007, cover price $30.00

Christmas Unwrapped: Lighthearted Humor to Get You Through the Holidays

Product Description: My eyes are blurred, my brain is mush. My hands begin to tremble. I fell for those deceitful words: 'Easy to assemble.'" -Christmas Unwrapped: Lighthearted Humor to Get You Through the HolidaysIf the holidays conjure up images of maxed-out credit card bills, mile-long mall lines, or that lamp from Aunt Jane that graces your abode only when she comes to visit, this colorful keepsake provides rhyming redemption...read more

By Scott Emmons

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9780740768569 | Andrews McMeel Pub, September 1, 2007, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: My eyes are blurred, my brain is mush.

Oral Performance, Popular Tradition, and Hidden Transcript in Q

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

By Richard A. Horsley (editor)

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9789004151208 | Brill Academic Pub, May 31, 2007, cover price $137.00 | About this edition: Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.

Oral Performance, Popular Tradition, and Hidden Transcripts in Q

Product Description: This collection of essays examines the Gospels of Matthew and Luke (Q) from the point of view that the sayings of Jesus recorded there were, in fact, a series of speeches, oral performances. Further, it also seeks to understand the particular social and historical context of Q by applying the work of James C...read more

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9781589832480 | Society of Biblical Literature, November 30, 2006, cover price $35.95 | About this edition: This collection of essays examines the Gospels of Matthew and Luke (Q) from the point of view that the sayings of Jesus recorded there were, in fact, a series of speeches, oral performances.

Christian Origins

By Richard A. Horsley (editor)

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9780800634117 | Fortress Pr, February 28, 2006, cover price $35.00

Hidden Transcripts And the Arts of Resistance: Applying the Work...

Product Description: The essays in this volume develop the highly suggestive insights and theory of James C. Scottâespecially those related to patterns of domination and subordination, the role of religion in supporting or opposing the powerful, and the "arts of resistance" by the subordinatedâto tackle key issues in the interpretation of Jesus and Paul...read more

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9789004130531 | Brill Academic Pub, November 30, 2004, cover price $140.00 | About this edition: The essays in this volume develop the highly suggestive insights and theory of James C.

Hidden Transcripts And The Arts Of Resistance: Applying The Work Of James C. Scott To Jesus And Paul

Product Description: The essays in this volume develop the highly suggestive insights and theory of James C. Scottâespecially those related to patterns of domination and subordination, the role of religion in supporting or opposing the powerful, and the âarts of resistanceâ by the subordinatedâto tackle key issues in the interpretation of Jesus and Paul...read more

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9781589831346 | Society of Biblical Literature, November 29, 2004, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: The essays in this volume develop the highly suggestive insights and theory of James C.

Paul and the Roman Imperial Order

By Richard A. Horsley (editor)

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9781563384219 | T&t Clark Ltd, January 1, 2004, cover price $39.95

Religion and Empire: People, Power, and the Life of the Spirit

Product Description: Horsley brings his considerable skills to bear on the timely questions concerning religious rhetoric and empire-building. How do the teachings of Jesus affect our understanding of the uses of power? How can we understand the invocation of God in modern political rhetoric? These questions and more are explored in order to help readers develop a clearer sense of modern religious and political issues...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780800636319 | Fortress Pr, November 1, 2003, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Horsley brings his considerable skills to bear on the timely questions concerning religious rhetoric and empire-building.

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

Product Description: 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 Roman and Herodian power politics. In addition he examines how modern ideologies relate to Jesus' proclamation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780800634902 | Fortress Pr, November 1, 2002, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: 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 Roman and Herodian power politics.

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

Product Description: Set against the backdrop of Roman imperial history, The Message and the Kingdom demonstrates how the quest for the kingdom of God by Jesus, Paul, and the earliest churches should be understood as both a spiritual journey and a political response to the "mindless acts of violence, inequality, and injustice that characterized the kings of men...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Richard A. Horsley and Neil Asher Silberman

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9780399141942 | Putnam Pub Group, October 1, 1997, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Argues that Jesus and Paul actually rallied against the dominion of Rome and thereby promoted a kingdom with no earthly leader

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9780800634674 | Fortress Pr, January 1, 2002, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: Set against the backdrop of Roman imperial history, The Message and the Kingdom demonstrates how the quest for the kingdom of God by Jesus, Paul, and the earliest churches should be understood as both a spiritual journey and a political response to the "mindless acts of violence, inequality, and injustice that characterized the kings of men.

Christmas Unwrapped: Consumerism, Christ, and Culture

Offers a critique of the American Christmas from the perspectives of culture, theology, and biblical studies, arguing that icons such as Santa Claus and rituals such as gift-giving and shopping have established a new religion in America--the religion of consumer capitalism. Original. (view table of contents)

By Richard A. Horsley (editor) and James Tracy (editor)

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9781563383199 | T&t Clark Ltd, August 1, 2001, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Offers a critique of the American Christmas from the perspectives of culture, theology, and biblical studies, arguing that icons such as Santa Claus and rituals such as gift-giving and shopping have established a new religion in America--the religion of consumer capitalism.

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

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By Richard A. Horsley

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9780664222758 | Westminster John Knox Pr, June 1, 2001, cover price $35.00

Paul and Politics: Ekklesia, Israel, Imperuim, Interpretation : Essays in Honor of Krister Stendahl

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By Richard A. Horsley (editor) and Krister Stendahl (editor)

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9781563383236 | T&t Clark Ltd, November 1, 2000, cover price $44.95

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

Product Description: 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 trained in form-criticism and oriented to Hellenistic rather than Judean culture, resulting in the extreme atomization of the Q sayings and reconstructions of Jesus and his first followers as Cynics, and in the de-politicization and de-judaization of the Q materials and Jesus...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Jonathan A. Draper and Richard A. Horsley

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9781563382727 | T&t Clark Ltd, January 1, 2000, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: Here is a challenge to New Testament scholars to engage in a fresh analysis of Q.

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