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Friday, October 11, 2013

Peter's Wife and the "Wife of Jesus" - Le Donne

My new book The Wife of Jesus: Ancient Texts and Modern Scandals is now available at bookstores and on line. Here is a free preview of pages 29-32 and page 38:

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Do please keep in mind that my book offers arguments for and against a possible wife of Jesus. That said, the default position for most people is that Jesus was celibate. As much as we might prefer a neutral ground upon which the best arguments can be measured, this is not possible. There is no neutral ground for the historian. I realize that the burden of proof rests on those who would challenge the traditional doctrines about Jesus and celibacy. This, of course, does not indicate what my conclusion(s) will be; it simply suggests that in presenting arguments from both sides, one of those sides must interpret against the grain of the popular imagination. -anthony

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antonOctober 12, 2013 at 4:07 AM
Thanks Anthony. Was John the Baptist married? I doubt it.
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Anthony Le DonneOctober 12, 2013 at 8:50 PM
Anton, this is a really good question and one that I tackle in the introduction to this book. Most would see in the Baptist's refusal of creature comforts, feasts, wine, etc a variable of asceticism. If so, we might infer an ascetic stance on marriage and family too. This, of course, does not negate the possibility of marriage earlier in life.
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James Crossley (PhD, Nottingham) is Professor of Bible, Society, and Politics at St. Mary's University, Twickenham, London. In addition to most things historical Jesus, his interests typically concern Jewish law and the Gospels, the social history of biblical scholarship, and the reception of the Bible in contemporary politics and culture. He is co-executive editor of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus.

Christine Jacobi studied protestant theology and art history in Berlin and Heidelberg. She is research associate at the chair of exegesis and theology of the New Testament and apocryphal writings. She completed her dissertation at the Humboldt-University of Berlin in 2014. She is the author of Jesusüberlieferung bei Paulus? Analogien zwischen den echten Paulusbriefen und den synoptischen Evangelien (BZNW 213), Berlin: de Gruyter 2015. Christine Jacobi is a member of the „August-Boeckh-Antikezentrum“ and the „Berliner Arbeitskreis für koptisch-gnostische Schriften“.

Chris Keith (PhD, Edinburgh) is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity and Director of the Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible at St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, London.

Anthony Le Donne (PhD, Durham) is Associate Professor of New Testament at United Theological Seminary. He is the author/editor of seven books. He is the co-founder of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue and Sacred Texts Consultation and the co-executive editor of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus.

Brant Pitre (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is Professor of Sacred Scripture at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans. Among other works, he is the author of Jesus, the Tribulation, and the End of the Exile (Mohr-Siebeck/Baker Academic, 2005), and Jesus and the Last Supper (Eerdmans, 2015). He is particularly interested in the relationship between Jesus, Second Temple Judaism, and Christian origins.

Rafael Rodríguez (PhD, Sheffield) is Professor of New Testament at Johnson University. He has published a number of books and essays on social memory theory, oral tradition, the Jesus tradition, and the historical Jesus, as well as on Paul and Pauline tradition. He also serves as co-chair of the Bible in Ancient and Modern Media section of the Society of Biblical Literature.

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Friday, October 11, 2013

Peter's Wife and the "Wife of Jesus" - Le Donne

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