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AMY-JILL LEVINE, DALE C. ALLISON, JR., and JOHN DOMINIC CROSSAN (eds.), The Historical Jesus in Context (Princeton Readings in Religion; Princeton/Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2006). Pp. xiv + 440. Paper $22.95.
Each of the twenty-eight articles on the context of the historical Jesus is written by an expert, contains primary material in translation, and concludes with a concise bibliography. A lengthy and superb introduction by Amy-Jill Levine sets the stage for the essays (pp. 1 39): Jonathan L. Reed, "Archaeological Contributions to the Study of Jesus and the Gospels" (pp. 40-54); Craig A. Evans, "Josephus on John the Baptist and Other Jewish Prophets of Deliverance" (pp. 55-63); Mary Rose D'Angelo, "Abba and Father: Imperial Theology in the Contexts of Jesus and the Gospels" (pp. 64-78); Charles H. Talbert, "Miraculous Conceptions and Births in Mediterranean Antiquity" (pp. 79-86); George W. E. Nickelsburg, "First and Second Enoch: A Cry against Oppression and the Promise of Deliverance" (pp. 87-109); Peter Flint, "Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls" (pp. 110-31 ); David B. Gowler, "The Chreia" (pp. 132-48); Alan J. Avery-Peck, "The Galilean Charismatic and Rabbinic Piety: The Holy Man in the Talmudic Literature" (pp. 149-65); Wendy Cotter, "Miracle Stories: The God Asclepius, the Pythagorean Philosophers, and the Roman Rulers" (pp. 166-78); Marvin Meyer, "The Mithras Liturgy" (pp. 179-92); Ian H....