Book contents
- Jesus in Context
- Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society
- Jesus in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Introduction and Purpose of This Book
- Part I Setting the Scene
- Part II Jesus’ Life, Ministry and Teaching
- 7 Beginnings
- 8 Baptism and John the Baptist
- 9 Amazing Teacher in Galilee
- 10 The Kingdom of God
- 11 Healings, Miracles and the Son of Man
- 12 Friend of the ‘Poor’
- 13 Followers and Supporters
- 14 Following Jesus in Practice
- 15 Opposition, New Directions, Jesus as Messiah
- 16 So to Jerusalem
- 17 Jesus’ Vision of the Future and of His Own Divine Authority
- 18 On the Way to Crucifixion
- 19 Finale in Jerusalem
- 20 After the Death of Jesus
- 21 Final Conclusions, and Postscript
- Select Bibliography
- Index
14 - Following Jesus in Practice
Way of Life
from Part II - Jesus’ Life, Ministry and Teaching
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 October 2021
Book contents
- Jesus in Context
- Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society
- Jesus in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Introduction and Purpose of This Book
- Part I Setting the Scene
- Part II Jesus’ Life, Ministry and Teaching
- 7 Beginnings
- 8 Baptism and John the Baptist
- 9 Amazing Teacher in Galilee
- 10 The Kingdom of God
- 11 Healings, Miracles and the Son of Man
- 12 Friend of the ‘Poor’
- 13 Followers and Supporters
- 14 Following Jesus in Practice
- 15 Opposition, New Directions, Jesus as Messiah
- 16 So to Jerusalem
- 17 Jesus’ Vision of the Future and of His Own Divine Authority
- 18 On the Way to Crucifixion
- 19 Finale in Jerusalem
- 20 After the Death of Jesus
- 21 Final Conclusions, and Postscript
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Jesus is widely admired, including by non-Christians such as Mahatma Gandhi, for his ethical teaching. But in his lifetime he was accused by his Jewish critics of being ethically lax. Judaism was known and highly regarded by many in the pagan Roman world as an ethical religion; but Jesus’ notorious liberalism in mixing with sinners and his conspicuous emphasis on God’s generosity towards the immoral led to him being seen by his religious critics as a lawbreaker and as someone who was lowering the Jews’ ethical standards.
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- Jesus in ContextMaking Sense of the Historical Figure, pp. 153 - 169Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021