Preface : The first two Quests -- Galilee & the Galilean : Jesus in His social setting -- Jesus the talking head : the Jesus of the Jesus Seminar -- Jesus the itinerant Cynic philosopher : the works of John Dominic Crossan, Burton Mack and F. Gerald Downing -- Jesus, Man of the Spirit : the works of Marcus Borg, Geza Vermes and Graham H. Twelftree -- Jesus the eschatological prophet / : the works of E.P. Sanders and Maurice Casey -- Jesus the prophet of social change : the works of Gerd Theissen, Richard A. Horsley and R. David Kaylor -- Jesus the sage : the wisdom of God : the works of Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza and Ben Witherington -- Jesus : marginal Jew or Jewish Messiah? : the works of John P. Meier, Peter Stuhlmacher, James D.G. Dunn, Marinus de Jonge, Markus Bockmuehl and N.T. Wright -- The journey's end : synopsis, conclusions, conjectures -- Epilogue : The death of the Messiah : the work of Raymond E. Brown -- Postscript : The continuing saga of the Jesus Quest.