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The Last Week
A Day-by-Day Account of Jesus's Final Week in Jerusalem
by Marcus J. Borg, John Dominic Crossan
Top Jesus scholars Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan join together to reveal a radical and little-known Jesus. As both authors reacted to and responded to questions about Mel Gibson's blockbuster The Passion of the Christ , they discovered that many Christians are unclear on the details of events during the week leading up to Jesus's crucifixion. Using the gospel of Mark as their guide, Borg and Crossan... (more)
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God and Empire
Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now
by John Dominic Crossan
At the heart of the Bible is a moral and ethical call to fight unjust superpowers, whether they are Babylon, Rome, or even America. From the divine punishment and promise found in Genesis through the revolutionary messages of Jesus and Paul, John Dominic Crossan reveals what the Bible has to say about land and economy, violence and retribution, justice and peace, and, ultimately, redemption. In contrast to the... (more)
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The First Paul
Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church's Conservative Icon
by Marcus J. Borg, John Dominic Crossan
Bestselling authors of The Last Week and The First Christmas , Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan join once again to present a new understanding of early Christianity—this time to reveal a radical Paul who has been suppressed by the church. Paul is second only to Jesus as the most important person in the birth of Christianity, and yet he continues to be controversial, even among Christians. How could... (more)
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A Long Way from Tipperary: What a Former Monk Discovered in His Search for the Truth
by John Dominic Crossan
I have spent thirty years reconstructing the historical Jesus. I have done so self-consciously and self-critically and have tried to do the same on reconstructing myself. But what justifies this memoir is how my own personal experience, from Ireland to America, from priest to professor, from monastery to university, and ... from celibacy to marriage, may have influenced that reconstruction. Where has it helped me... (more)
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The Resurrection of Jesus
John Dominic Crossan and N.T. Wright in Dialogue
by Robert B. Stewart
Two of today's most important and popular New Testament scholars, John Dominic Crossan and N. T. Wright, here air their very different understandings of the historical reality and theological meaning of Jesus' Resurrection. The book highlights points of agreement and disagreement between them and explores the many attendant issues. This book brings two leading lights in Jesus studies together for a... (more)
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Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?: A Debate between William Lane Craig and John Dominic Crossan
by Paul Copan, William Lane Craig
Based on a recent debate held at Moody Church in Chicago between John Dominic Crossan, former co-chair of the Jesus Seminar, and evangelical William Lane Craig, Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? is the first book to present, in one volume, a dialogue between evangelicals and members of the Jesus Seminar on the resurrection of Christ. Skillfully moderated by William F. Buckley Jr., this volume includes responses... (more)
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In Search of Paul : How Jesus' Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire with God's Kingdom
by John Dominic Crossan
John Dominic Crossan, the eminent historical Jesus scholar, and Jonathan L. Reed, an expert in biblical archaeology, reveal through archaeology and textual scholarship that Paul, like Jesus, focused on championing the Kingdom of God––a realm of justice and equality––against the dominant, worldly powers of the Roman empire. Many theories exist about who Paul was, what he believed, and what role he played in the... (more)
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The Greatest Prayer
by John D Crossan
John Dominic Crossan is the author of several bestselling books, including God and Empire , The Historical Jesus , Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography , The Birth of Christianity , and Who Killed Jesus?
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The Cross That Spoke: The Origins of the Passion Narrative
by John Dominic Crossan