David Flusser on the Historical Jesus David Flusser, Jesus, in Collaboration with R
VII / 1999 / 1 / Rozhledy David Flusser on the Historical Jesus David Flusser, Jesus, in collaboration with R. Steven Notley, Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University 1998,316 pages, 2 plates. Stanislav Segert The last book of David Flusser represents a synthesis of his previous and recent work. It is based on thorough research of direct sources within the New Testament and of its Jewish background. Many statements agree with prevailing views of New Testament scholars, in many important matters Flusser offers new, well substantiated ideas. Some of them are discussed here below The first edition was published in 1997, the second edition, corrected and augmented, in 1998. In the the preface (13-17) dated in 1997 Flusser explains purpose and background of his new book entitled Jesus. This biography reflects the truism that Jesus was a Jew who wanted to remain within the Jewish faith, and also argues that the teaching of Jesus is based on contempo rary Jewish faith. The new biography of Jesus is a thorough reworking of the previous book which appeared in German in 1968 and in English translation in 1969. R. Steven Notley, a former student of Flusser, now Assistant Professor at Jerusalem University College, contributed the foreword (9-12). Notley assisted in revising the English previous version and also added some contributions. Notley appreciates Flusser's scholarship and his personal contact with Jesus message. The biography of Jesus is presented in 12 chapters (18-177), supple mentary studies are offered in chapters 13-20 (179-275). At the end of the volume are useful additions: chronological table (277- 279), bibliography (280-284), index of sources (285-299) and index of subjects (300-316).
[Show full text]