Audience in Historical Jesus Research
The Cases of Wright and Crossan
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Scholars writing within the historical Jesus research paradigm often write different books on the same topic: heavy tomes for other scholars and shorter books on the same subject for lay readers. While the scholarly works have been reviewed by other scholars, the books for lay readers have not. This article analyzes works on the historical Jesus for lay readers authored by N.T. Wright and John Dominic Crossan, comparing the popular works to the scholarly ones. The analyses show that in Wright’s case the ontological norms of historical Jesus research are consistently compromised in his work for a lay audience (Simply Jesus). In Crossan’s case, the voice of the dispassionate scholar yields to the passionate denunciator in his popular Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography.
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Audience in Historical Jesus Research
The Cases of Wright and Crossan
In: Journal for the Study of the Historical JesusSearch for other papers by Arthur E. Walzer in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Abstract
Scholars writing within the historical Jesus research paradigm often write different books on the same topic: heavy tomes for other scholars and shorter books on the same subject for lay readers. While the scholarly works have been reviewed by other scholars, the books for lay readers have not. This article analyzes works on the historical Jesus for lay readers authored by N.T. Wright and John Dominic Crossan, comparing the popular works to the scholarly ones. The analyses show that in Wright’s case the ontological norms of historical Jesus research are consistently compromised in his work for a lay audience (Simply Jesus). In Crossan’s case, the voice of the dispassionate scholar yields to the passionate denunciator in his popular Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 739 | 158 | 20 |
| Full Text Views | 136 | 6 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 422 | 19 | 0 |