Gerd Theissen

A brilliant collection from the pre-eminent New Testament scholar who wrote The Shadow of the Galilean. He believes that modern sermons are indications that God is alive and getting in touch through the barriers put up by our everyday mentality.

This is a discussion of "primitive" - or original - Christianity. Covering the first five years, it argues that neither a theology nor a history can do justice to the subject and discusses the two main crises in the early Church - the split with...

Combining New Testament study with the terseness of thriller writing, Theissen conveys the Gospel story in the imaginative prose of a novel. This is a story of our times, or how the gospels might have turned out if they were written by John Le...

The best available textbook on the historical Jesus.