John Dominic Crossan è ampiamente riconosciuto come uno studioso preminente nel campo degli studi storici su Gesù. Le sue opere influenti, tra cui "The Historical Jesus", "Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography" e "Who Killed Jesus?", sono diventate letture fondamentali negli studi biblici. Il suo libro "The Birth of Christianity" esplora ulteriormente le origini e lo sviluppo delle prime comunità cristiane. La ricerca rigorosa e lo stile accessibile di Crossan hanno reso le sue opere popolari sia tra il pubblico accademico che tra quello generale.
Nato a Nenagh, in Irlanda, nel 1934, Crossan ha intrapreso un'ampia formazione teologica e biblica, conseguendo un Dottorato in Divinità presso il Maynooth College e conducendo ricerche post-dottorato in istituzioni come il Pontificio Istituto Biblico a Roma e l'École Biblique a Gerusalemme. Ex sacerdote ordinato e membro dell'Ordine dei Servi di Maria, in seguito si è unito alla DePaul University, dove ha insegnato nel Dipartimento di Studi Religiosi fino al suo pensionamento nel 1995. Il suo approccio interdisciplinare combina analisi storica, archeologica e letteraria per ricostruire la vita e gli insegnamenti di Gesù.
I contributi di Crossan agli studi storici su Gesù gli hanno valso riconoscimenti internazionali, inclusa la partecipazione a programmi mediatici di rilievo come il documentario PBS "From Jesus to Christ". Attualmente residente a Clermont, in Florida, continua a essere una voce leader nello studio del cristianesimo delle origini e del contesto storico della vita di Gesù.
John Dominic Crossan Religion & Spirituality Books
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1
In Parables
1973
2
The Dark Interval
1975
3
Cliffs of Fall
1980
4
A Fragile Craft
1981
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Semeia 19
1981
6
In Fragments
1983
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Sayings Parallels
1985
8
Four Other Gospels
1985
9
The Cross That Spoke
1988
10
Religious Worlds
1991
11
Jesus and Faith
1994
12
The Essential Jesus
1994
13
Who Killed Jesus?
1995
14
Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?: A Debate Between William Lane Craig & John Dominic Crossan (With: Paul Copan, William Lane Craig)
1995
15
Who Is Jesus? Answers to Your Questions About the Historical Jesus (With: Richard G. Watts)
1996
16
The Birth of Christianity
1998
17
The Jesus Controversy (With: Werner H. Kelber)
1999
18
A Long Way from Tipperary
2000
19
Excavating Jesus
2001
20
In Search of Paul
2004
21
God and Empire
2007
22
The First Christmas (With: Marcus J. Borg)
2007
23
Raid on the Articulate
2008
24
Finding Is the First Act
2008
25
The First Paul (With: Marcus J. Borg)
2009
26
The Last Week
2009
27
Jesus
2009
28
The Greatest Prayer
2010
29
The Power of Parable
2012
30
How to Read the Bible and Still Be a Christian
2015
31
Jesus and the Violence of Scripture
2015
32
Resurrecting Easter
2018
33
Render Unto Caesar
2022
34
Paul the Pharisee
2024
Marcus J. Borg Religion & Spirituality
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Conflict, Holiness, and Politics in the Teachings of Jesus (By: Marcus J. Borg)
1971
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Conflict and Social Change (By: Marcus J. Borg)
1971
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Jesus: A New Vision: Spirit, Culture, and the Life of Discipleship (By: Marcus J. Borg)
1991
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Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time (By: Marcus J. Borg)
1994
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Jesus in Contemporary Scholarship (By: Marcus J. Borg)
1994
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Jesus At 2000 (By: Marcus J. Borg)
1996
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The Lost Gospel Q (By: Marcus J. Borg)
1996
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Jesus and Buddha (By: Marcus J. Borg)
1997
9
The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion To A More Authenthic Contemporary Faith (By: Marcus J. Borg)
1997
10
The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (By: Marcus J. Borg)
1998
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Reading the Bible Again For the First Time (By: Marcus J. Borg)
2001
12
Living the Heart of Christianity (By: Tim Scorer, Marcus J. Borg)
2004
13
Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary (By: Marcus J. Borg)
2006
14
Conversations with Scripture (By: Marcus J. Borg)
2006
15
The Last Week (By: Marcus J. Borg)
2007
16
The First Christmas (With: Marcus J. Borg)
2007
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The First Paul (With: Marcus J. Borg)
2009
18
The Heart of Christianity (By: Marcus J. Borg)
2009
19
Putting Away Childish Things (By: Marcus J. Borg)
2010
20
Embracing an Adult Faith (By: Marcus J. Borg)
2010
21
Meeting Jesus in Mark (By: Marcus J. Borg)
2011
22
Speaking Christian (By: Marcus J. Borg)
2011
23
Evolution of the Word (By: Marcus J. Borg)
2012
24
Convictions (By: Marcus J. Borg)
2014
25
Days of Awe and Wonder (By: Marcus J. Borg)
2017
Spectrum Multiview Book Books
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The Meaning of the Millennium (By: Loraine Boettner, George Eldon Ladd)
1977
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Predestination & Free Will (By: Bruce Reichenbach, David Basinger, John Feinberg, Norman Geisler, Clark H. Pinnock, Randall Basinger)
1985
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Women in Ministry (By: Bonnidell Clouse, Robert G. Clouse)
1989
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Divorce and Remarriage (By: Larry Richards, H. Wayne House, William A. Heth, J. Carl Laney, Thomas R. Edgar)
1990
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What About Those Who Have Never Heard? (By: John Sanders, Ronald H. Nash)
1995
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Two Views of Hell (By: Robert A. Peterson, Edward Fudge)
2000
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Psychology and Christianity (By: Todd W. Hall, David G. Myers, Eric L. Johnson, David A. Powlison, Stanton L. Jones, John H. Coe, Robert C. Roberts, P. J. WATSON)
2000
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Divine Foreknowledge (By: David Hunt, William Lane Craig, Gregory A. Boyd, Paul Helm, James K. Beilby, Paul Rhodes Eddy)
2001
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God & Time (By: William Lane Craig, Paul Helm, Alan G. Padgett, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Gregory E. Ganssle)
2002
10
The Nature of the Atonement (By: Thomas R. Schreiner, Gregory A. Boyd, Joel B. Green, James K. Beilby, Bruce Reichenbach, Paul Rhodes Eddy)
2006
11
The Historical Jesus
2009
12
The Lord's Supper (By: Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Roger E. Olson, Leanne Van Dyk, Gordon T. Smith, Jeffrey Gros, John R. Stephenson)
2010
13
Justification (By: Michael F. Bird, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Gerald O'Collins, Michael S. Horton, James K. Beilby, Paul Rhodes Eddy, James D. G. Dunn, Oliver Rafferty)
2011
14
Biblical Hermeneutics (By: Richard B. Gaffin Jr., Craig L. Blomberg, Robert W. Wall, Stanley E. Porter, Beth M. Stovall, F. Scott Spencer, Merold Westphal)
2012
15
God and Morality (By: R. Keith Loftin)
2012
16
God and the Problem of Evil (By: Chad Meister, James K. Dew Jr.)
2017
17
Christian Ethics (By: Steve Wilkens)
2017
18
Evangelical Theological Method (By: Stanley E. Porter, Steven M. Studebaker)
2018
19
Divine Impassibility (By: Robert J. Matz, A. Chadwick Thornhill)
2019
20
Original Sin and the Fall (By: Chad Meister, J.B. Stump)
2020
21
Covenantal and Dispensational Theologies (By: Brent E. Parker, Richard J. Lucas)