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1	The Shadow of the Galilean more books like this by Gerd Theissen add to wishlist Combining New Testament study with the terseness of thriller writing, Gerd Theissen conveys the gospel story in the fresh and imaginative prose of a novel. The story is told by Andreas, an imaginary contemporary of Jesus, who is trapped into becoming an informer for Pilate while trying to help a friend, who emerges as the Barabbas of the passion ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Shadow of the Galilean: The Quest of the Historical Jesus in Narrative Form more books like this by Gerd Theissen add to wishlist * An updated edition with a new cover * Includes a new afterword from the author * Includes a map of Palestine in the time of Jesus and an appendix on the most important sources on Jesus and his times see all copies from $3.34! new only from $17.89! \| SVS
3	Sociology of Palestinian more books like this by Gerd Theissen, John Bowden (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
4	Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide more books like this by Gerd Theissen, Annette Merz add to wishlist Comprehensively detailing the sources for our knowledge of Jesus, Theissen and Merz fully explore the historical and social context of Jesus and his activity. They then unfold what we can know about Jesus' characteristics as a charismatic teacher, a Jewish prophet, a healer, a teller of parables and an ethical teacher. Finally, they examine ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $30.34! \| SVS
5	The Miracle Stories of the Early Christian Tradition more books like this by Gerd Theissen add to wishlist A fascinating study of the synoptic miracle stories which looks at their structure, reproduction, and function. see all copies from $33.50! first editions
6	Fortress Introduction to the New Testament more books like this by Gerd Theissen, John Bowden (Translator) add to wishlist All the main issues for reading the New Testament are covered in this exciting new introduction by one of the world's foremost biblical scholars. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $11.95! \| SVS
7	Biblical Faith more books like this by Gerd Theissen add to wishlist In the tradition of Karl Rahner and Teilhard de Chardin, this book from renowned New Testament scholar Gerd Theissen daringly probes the innermost sanctuaries of the biblical tradition through the lens of evolutionary theory. Without associating evolution with a na?ve optimism about progress, Theissen shows how a thorough examination of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.58! \| SVS
8	Gospels in Context more books like this by Gerd Theissen add to wishlist see all copies from $16.99! new only from $45.55! \| first editions
9	A theory of primitive Christian religion. more books like this by Gerd Theissen add to wishlist Gerd Theissen argues that neither a theology of the New Testament nor a history of the early church can do justice to all the dimensions of the earliest Christianity, which include myth, ethic and rites' see all copies from $6.03! new only from $18.90!
10	The Social Setting of Jesus and the Gospels more books like this by Wolfgang Stegemann (Editor), Bruce J Malina (Editor), Gerd Theissen (Editor) add to wishlist Contributions by internationally known scholars from the United States, Germany, Scotland, Spain, and Canada move beyond many of the impasses in historical Jesus research. Includes essays using social sciences, social history, and traditional historical methods. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $20.25! \| SVS
11	Social Setting of Pauline Christianity: Essays on Corinth more books like this by Gerd Theissen, John H Schutz (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $5.95! new only from $17.50! \| SVS
12	The Bible and Contemporary Culture more books like this by Gerd Theissen, David E Green (Translator) add to wishlist * An accessible introduction to the value of the Bible for a general education, by a noted scholar see all copies from $6.18! new only from $9.45! \| first editions \| SVS
13	A Critical Faith: A Case for Religion more books like this by Gerd Theissen add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
14	The Quest for the Plausible Jesus: The Question of Criteria more books like this by Gerd Theissen, Dagmar Winter, M Eugene Boring (Translator) add to wishlist Should the dissimilarity between Jesus and early Christianity or between Jesus and Judaism be the central criteria for the historical Jesus? Gerd Theissen and Dagmar Winter argue that the criterion of dissimilarity does not do justice to the single most important result of more than two-hundred years of Jesus research, that the historical Jesus ... see all copies from $24.26! new only from $24.26!
15	New Testament more books like this by Gerd Theissen add to wishlist This is a clear introduction to the New Testament that describes how the various writings were composed over a period of around a century. The text is accessible yet scholarly, addressing issues such as: how could a human figure come to be worshipped as a deity in a monotheistic culture?; what was going on in the society in which such ... see all copies from $14.83! new only from $24.44!
16	Social Reality Early Christian more books like this by Gerd Theissen, Margaret Kohl (Translator) add to wishlist Theissen inquires into the correlation between the theological and ethical convictions of the first Christians as well as the social realities of the world in which they lived. He expands the form-critical inquiry into the Sitz im Leben of early Christian texts to ask about the significance of early Christian convictions in society. see all copies from $5.99! new only from $75.15!
17 view cover	The Religion of the Earliest Churches: Creating a Symbolic World more books like this by Gerd Theissen, John Bowden (Translator) add to wishlist In these distinguished Oxford lectures, Theissen picks up where he left off in The Historical Jesus (1998). Employing the notion of religion as a "cultural sign language which promises a gain in life by corresponding to an ultimate reality," he plots the emergence of Christianity as a religion, with elements of myth, ritual, ethics, and an ... see all copies from $13.45! new only from $18.45! \| SVS
18	Social Setting of Pauline more books like this by Gerd Theissen add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! new only from $195.84! \| first editions
19 view cover	Maldi-Tof Mass Spectrometry of Synthetic Polymers more books like this by Gerd H Theissen, Harald Pasch, Wolfgang Schrepp add to wishlist MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry is one of the latest and most fascinating new developments in the analysis of organic compounds. Originally developed for the analysis of biomolecules, it has developed into one of the most powerful techniques for the characterization of synthetic polymers. This book describes the fundamentals of the MALDI process and ... see all copies from $106.00! new only from $106.00! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Signs of Life more books like this by Gerd Theissen add to wishlist Signs of Life follows the signs from God in a world from which he seems to have disappeared. It points o ut how they are often to be found in unexpected places, in t he offensive, the immoral and the absurd. ' see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.11! \| SVS
21 view cover	Social Setting of Pauline Christianity more books like this by Gerd Theissen, J H Schultz (Editor), John H Schhutz (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $6.18! new only from $32.00!
22	Der Historische Jesus. Ein Lehrbuch by Gerd & Merz Theissen, Annette add to wishlist see all copies from $45.71! new only from $71.63!
23 view cover	Paul's Letter Collection: Tracing the Origins more books like this by David Trobisch, Gerd Theissen (Foreword by) add to wishlist see all copies from $9.50! new only from $9.50! \| SVS
24 view cover	Social Reality and the Early Christians more books like this by Gerd Theissen add to wishlist An examination of the relationship between the theological and ethical convictions of the first Christians, in the context of the social realities of their world. see all copies from $11.40! first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Das Neue Testament by Gerd Thei¿En add to wishlist see all copies from $17.69! new only from $17.69!

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