John Dominic Crossan

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
5 Semeia 19 1981
6 In Fragments 1983
7 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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1 Conflict, Holiness, and Politics in the Teachings of Jesus (By: Marcus J. Borg) 1971
2 Conflict and Social Change (By: Marcus J. Borg) 1971
3 Jesus: A New Vision: Spirit, Culture, and the Life of Discipleship (By: Marcus J. Borg) 1991
4 Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time (By: Marcus J. Borg) 1994
5 Jesus in Contemporary Scholarship (By: Marcus J. Borg) 1994
6 Jesus At 2000 (By: Marcus J. Borg) 1996
7 The Lost Gospel Q (By: Marcus J. Borg) 1996
8 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
11 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
17 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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1 The Meaning of the Millennium (By: Loraine Boettner, George Eldon Ladd) 1977
2 Predestination & Free Will (By: Bruce Reichenbach, David Basinger, John Feinberg, Norman Geisler, Clark H. Pinnock, Randall Basinger) 1985
3 Women in Ministry (By: Bonnidell Clouse, Robert G. Clouse) 1989
4 Divorce and Remarriage (By: Larry Richards, H. Wayne House, William A. Heth, J. Carl Laney, Thomas R. Edgar) 1990
5 What About Those Who Have Never Heard? (By: John Sanders, Ronald H. Nash) 1995
6 Two Views of Hell (By: Robert A. Peterson, Edward Fudge) 2000
7 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
8 Divine Foreknowledge (By: David Hunt, William Lane Craig, Gregory A. Boyd, Paul Helm, James K. Beilby, Paul Rhodes Eddy) 2001
9 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) 2022
22 War, Peace, and Violence (By: Paul Copan) 2022
John Dominic Crossan Anthologies
# Titolo Anno
1 The Apocalyptic Jesus: A Debate 2001
2 The Resurrection of Jesus 2005