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John Dominic Crossan wrote Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography with the purpose of giving his view on the life of Jesus Christ. ... Crossan wants to accurately portray history by remaining impartial. ... By using a three-part method to his research, which includes cross-cultural anthropology, Greco-Roman and Jewish history, and literary and textual history, Crossan hopes to discover at the least a collection of half-truths.
At the beginning of each chapter Crossan includes a brief quotation that properly introduces what exactly the chapter is going to entail. ... In the first two chapters Crossan begins by comparing the early stories of Jesus and John the Baptist, early on showing how the canonical gospel Luke gives precedence to Jesus’ birth over John’s. ... At the end of the second chapter, Crossan shows just how different the two were: that John the Baptist was an apocalyptic preacher, while Jesus was an eschatological preacher.
In chapter three, Crossan shows how Jesus introduced the actions of open commensality and radical egalitarianism, which are eating together with no societal limitations and absolute equality that denies discrimination, respectively. Crossan discusses how Jesus’ ministry was open to anyone and everyone, and in the process he discusses how this type of ministry was frowned upon by society. There are levels of stature that could not be overlooked in the first century, and Crossan shows in chapter three how revolutionary Jesus the Man actually was. ... Crossan uses historical texts and cross-cultural anthropology, as he said he was going to do, to show how Jesus “actually” caused these miracles. Crossan has a thorough and precise explanation for every story. ...
Crossan calls chapter 6 the hardest one for him to write for two reasons: First, it deals with crucifixion and the horrible ways the remains were disposed of, and second, Crossan tries to explain the passion narratives and how they were constructed.
Approximate Word count = 1502
Approximate Pages = 6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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