Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography

A Startling Account of What We Can Know about the Life of Jesus

Book • 1994

In *Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography*, John Dominic Crossan presents a provocative and scholarly examination of Jesus' life, emphasizing his role as a social revolutionary who challenged the status quo of his time.

Crossan uses historical criticism to evaluate the Gospels and situates Jesus within the political and cultural context of first-century Roman Palestine.

He portrays Jesus as a peasant leader advocating for radical egalitarianism and social healing.

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as the author of several bestselling books, including The Historical Jesus, How to Read the Bible and Still Be a Christian, God and Empire, Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography, The Greatest Prayer, The Last Week, and The Power of Parable.

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