Jesus and his contemporaries : comparative studies - Evans, Craig A. (Leiden ; Boston : E. J. Brill, 1995)
I. Recent developments in Jesus research presuppositions, criteria, and sources -- Part One: Jesus and his rivals -- II. Messianic claimants of the first and second centuries -- III. Jesus and the Messianic texts from Qumran: A preliminary assessment of the recently published materials -- Excursus One: Early Messianic traditions in the Targums -- IV. Was Simon ben Kosiba recognized as Messiah? -- V. Jesus and Jewish miracle stories -- Excursus Two: Jesus and Apollonius of Tyana -- VI. Jesus and Rabbinic parables, proverbs, and prayers.
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