The Catholic World articles from January 1993

The Catholic World archives from January 1993

An interview with John Meier on Volume I of his book, 'A Marginal Jew': July, 1992. ('A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume I') (Interview)
January 1, 1993... Father Meier, from your study of the New Testament and your deep involvement in the background of the stories of the Gospels, what made you think that there was a need to give special attention to the study of the historical Jesus? ...

The historical Jesus: more than just the facts.
January 1, 1993... When we look in the Gospels for evidence of the historical Jesus, we actually encounter very little data that can be independently verified--one important test of whether we can call it historical. The problem is akin to the limited view others...

Jesus: the Wisdom teacher.
January 1, 1993... Behind the familiar Gospel pictures of Jesus there lie glimpses of his life as seen through the eyes of those who were close to him in his earthly life. These early impressions, which are embedded in the finished texts, are of the Jesus who...

Jesus the peasant: viewing Jesus in a cultural and social perspective.
January 1, 1993... Every generation produces one or two books on Jesus of Nazareth which dominate the way most people come to imagine him for years to come. These books generally reflect the important social and intellectual currents of their day, and so Jesus...

The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant.
January 1, 1993... Every generation produces one or two books on Jesus of Nazareth which dominate the way most people come to imagine him for years to come. These books generally reflect the important social and intellectual currents of their day, and so Jesus...

Images of the historical Jesus in Catholic christology.
January 1, 1993... There never was a time when disciples of Jesus--those who followed him, believed in him, experienced salvation coming from God in him--did not have a picture of him which guided their personal and communal life. In the first century, based on...

Two recent books on the historical Jesus: a comparison. ('The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant'; 'A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Vol. 1')
January 1, 1993... Despite the avalanche of books on Jesus that have been published over the past decade or so, the appearance of these two scholarly studies within months of each other is highly significant. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to speak of one...

The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant.
January 1, 1993... Despite the avalanche of books on Jesus that have been published over the past decade or so, the appearance of these two scholarly studies within months of each other is highly significant. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to speak of one...

A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, vol. 1.
January 1, 1993... Despite the avalanche of books on Jesus that have been published over the past decade or so, the appearance of these two scholarly studies within months of each other is highly significant. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to speak of one...

Spirituality and Emptiness: The Dynamics of Spiritual Life in Buddhism and Christianity.
January 1, 1993... SPIRITUALITY AND EMPTINESS: THE DYNAMICS OF SPIRITUAL LIFE IN BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY by Donald W. Mitchell New York: Paulist Press 1991, 224 pp, $12.95 Aside from the author's intellectual rigor, his deep knowledge of and...

Toward a Theological Encounter: Jewish Understandings of Christianity.
January 1, 1993... TOWARD A THEOLOGICAL ENCOUNTER: JEWISH UNDERSTANDINGS OF CHRISTIANITY Rabbi Leon Klenicki, Ed. New York/Mahwah: Paulist Press 1991, 168 pp, $8.95 Since the contemporary Christian-Jewish dialogue began in earnest as a result of...

Rediscovering New Testament Prayer.
January 1, 1993... REDISCOERING NEW TESTAMENT PRAYER by John Koenig San Francisco: HarperCollins 1992, 203 pp, $15.00 Books on prayer, whether classical or contemporary, should have one reason for existence: to encourage individuals to actually pray....

The Anchor Bible Dictionary.
January 1, 1993... THE ANCHOR BIBLE DICTIONARY David Noel Freeman, Ed. New York: Doubleday 1992, Six volumes ($60.00 ea.) This is the largest Bible dictionary so far produced. With nearly 7000 pages and 6000 separate subjects treated, it is able to...

Church: The Human Story of God.
January 1, 1993... CHURCH: THE HUMAN STORY OF GOD by Edward Schillebeeckx New York: Crossroad 1990, 268 pp., $22.95 This book was originally intended to be the ecclesiological third part of a trilogy that included Jesus (1974, English translation...

Recent archaeological finds in Jerusalem related to the early church.
January 1, 1993... The Bible As History The Bible contains a very large collection of books, some 72 in Roman Catholic editions, which range across a wide spectrum of literature: some are historical narratives, some poetry, some liturgical works, some laws,...