Table of Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

The Jesus Tradition and the Jesus of History: How to Find a Millenarian Prophet

Introduction

An Imaginary Case Study

The Method of John Dominic Crossan

Quandaries, Alternatives, Paradigms

The Best Research Program

Themes and Rhetorical Strategies

Running the Gauntlet

Some Results

Speculations on the Evolution of the Tradition

Unscientific Postscript

Detached Note: Some Common Features of Millenarianism

The Eschatology of Jesus: Still Ratlos after All These Years

Introduction

Marcus Borg against E.P. Sanders

The Case against Marcus Borg

The Case against Stephen Patterson

Some Particulars

The Final Judgment

The Resurrection of the Dead

The Restoration of Israel

The Great Tribulation

Imminence

The Language of Millenarian Eschatology

Concluding Observations

Jesus as Millenarian Ascetic; Deleting a Consensus

Current Opinion

Sexual Desire in the Jesus Tradition

The Origin of the Complexes

Renunciation and Eschatology

The Functions of Jesus' Eschatological

Asceticism

Final Remarks

Epilogue

Index of Ancient Sources

Index of Modern Authors

About the Author

Dale C. Allison is Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, author of The End of the Ages Has Come, The New Moses, The Jesus Tradition in Q, and The Silence of Angels.