Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Jesus against the Scribal Elite : The Origins of the Conflict - Professor Chris  Keith

Jesus against the Scribal Elite

The Origins of the Conflict

By: Professor Chris Keith

Paperback | 17 September 2020

At a Glance

Paperback


RRP $56.99

$56.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $14.19 with

 or 

Ships in 25 to 30 business days

Finalist for the Biblical Foundations Book Award 2021

How did the controversy between Jesus and the scribal elite begin? We know that it ended on a cross, but what put Jesus on the radar of established religious and political leaders in the first place? Chris Keith argues that an answer to these questions must go beyond typical explanations such as Jesus's alternative views on Torah or his miracle working and consider his status as a teacher.

Keith examines Jesus' own likely educational background, and situates Jesus within his first-century context, showing readers that some of the tensions between Jesus and the scribal authorities may have originated in Jesus' own lack of formal education. Keith builds on his earlier work on Jesus' literacy and uses insights from memory theory and ancient media studies to consider how Jesus' actions and teachings may have specifically been seen to challenge an elitist scribal culture.

More in The Historical Jesus

Zealot : The life and times of Jesus of Nazareth - Reza Aslan

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF
Jesus and the Essenes - Dolores Cannon

RRP $27.99

$24.99

11%
OFF
Betrayed! - Stan Telchin

Paperback

RRP $30.99

$27.99

10%
OFF
Jesus : A Pilgrimage - James Martin

RRP $27.99

$23.75

15%
OFF
Anna, Grandmother Of Jesus : A Message Of Wisdom And Love - , Claire Heartsong
The Journey of the Magi : Meanings in History of a Christian Story - Richard C. Trexler
Georges De La Tour and the Enigma of the Visible - Dalia Judovitz
The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail - Henry Lincoln

RRP $32.99

$32.75

Jesus : A Story of Enlightenment - Deepak Chopra

RRP $27.49

$26.75