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Excavating Jesus: Beneath the Stones, Behind the Texts
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"Why did Jesus happen when and where he happened?" is the question that drives Excavating Jesus, a collaboration between the leading historical Jesus scholar John Dominic Crossan and noted Galilean archeologist Jonathan Reed. Excavating Jesus is a groundbreaking work of popular biblical scholarship, an extraordinarily mature and accessible integration of textual study with archeological research. "Words talk. Stones talk too. Neither talks from the past without interpretive dialogue with the present. But each demands to be heard in its own way," the authors write. True to this principle, Crossan and Reed consider archaeology and exegesis "as twin independent methods, neither of which is subordinate or submissive to the other." The bulk of the book identifies, analyzes, and integrates what the authors believe to be the "top 10" archeological discoveries pertaining to the life of Jesus (such as the house of the apostle Peter at Capernaum), and the top 10 exegetical discoveries (such as the Dead Sea Scrolls). Their excavation of the most important sites and texts, accompanied by stunning illustrations and photographs, provide perhaps the most precise picture of the world in which Jesus lived. For many readers, this information will also shed light on the central themes of Christianity. For instance, in the first century in Galilee, "the Kingdom" meant the Roman Empire. "When, therefore, Jesus spoke of the Kingdom of God, he chose the one expression most calculated to draw Roman attention to what he was doing. Not the 'people' or the 'community' of God, but the 'Kingdom' of God." That's why the Baptism movement of John and the Kingdom movement of Jesus started there and then." --Michael Joseph Gross
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Can the stones of ancient Palestine speak to us about the real Jesus and his message? Are there ways to discover the historical Jesus by sifting through the layers of the Gospels and other early texts? In Excavating Jesus Bible expert John Dominic Crossan and Galilean field archaeologist Jonathan L. Reed take an exhilarating look at Jesus and his world from their two different perspectives. While the phenomenal advances in our historical and textual understanding of the origins of Christianity are well known, the equally significant archaeological discoveries are much less familiar. Drawing on evidence from the
ten most significant textual discoveries of biblical studies and the
ten most significant archaeological digs in the cities and villages of ancient Palestine, Crossan and Reed provide a fuller portrait of Jesus, his teachings, and his followers. Together they bring to life the struggle between Roman power and the people's passionate belief in a just God.</p>Join Crossan and Reed as they explore sites such as the house of the apostle Peter at Capernaum, a first-century fishing boat from the Sea of Galilee, and the skeleton of a crucified man -- plus textual discoveries such as the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Gospel of Thomas. The authors reveal a world where life could end instantly and violently on the whim of a king, a governor, or an ordinary Roman soldier. They show us a people willing to fight, and even die, for the right to live according to their beliefs.</p>Excavating Jesus includes a full-color insert featuring twelve drawings by Balage Balogh, the best archaeological artist in Israel today, and black-and-white illustrations throughout. These historically accurate recreations of first-century sites reflect the most recent archaeological discoveries, telling us more about the world Jesus, his followers, and his enemies inhabited than we have ever known before. This fresh examination of the world of the Gospels offers readers a unique and fascinating opportunity to examine the evidence and decide for themselves what they believe about the nature of Jesus and his message.</p>
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Like any book on the subject..........2007-03-06
Like any book on religion, people's views on the message of the test will be based mostly on their prior notions. In Chapter 1, the book says as much when discussing the James ossuary. Crossan and Reed seek to excavate the archaeology and the text of the Gospels. Crossan is a founding member of the Jesus Seminar, so his interpretation of the Gospels is predictably liberal (theologically). He also quotes from the much-debated Gospel of Thomas and other non-canonical sources. The basic thesis is that the Gospels reflect the biases of the authors (the four evangelists as well as the epistles) retrojected onto the life of Jesus and the early church and that some of the events may not have happened exactly the way that they are written about in the Good Book. On that basis alone, you might already have an opinion of what you'll read. I dare not step into the argument of whether this is the proper hermeneutic to use, as that one never seems to end.
Instead, let me focus on the layout of the book. To me, it's more of a 3.5 star book, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt for being on an interesting topic. The content on archaeology itself is pretty good (a little heavy on architecture and light on material culture, but you can't have everything in life). The content on the textual criticism is well-presented and fairly well-argued. The problem is that the authors promised that the two would be synthesized, and they do not deliver. 20 page treatises on ancient architecture in Jerusalem are followed by textual criticism. It's not quite synthesis, but rather the authors alternating turns. Sometimes, it's not clear why a certain piece of architecture was paired with a critique of a certain passage. At times, the text seems to ramble with no specific point. There's enough in here to recommend it as a thought-provoking read, but there's a lot of clutter to cut through.
You'll have to make up your own mind on theological content, but the presentation leaves something to be desired.
Almost Perfect, but Be Careful of this One.......2006-06-16
This book, ironically, is filled with information that verifies the Bible as historical fact despite the authors' sneaky attempt to have Jesus appear as just a wise and controversial man (see page 228 where they claim the ressurrection was a myth.)
If you blacked out all the anti-ressurrection comments you'd have a book that supports the Bible as entirely factual (unless I missed something.) It isn't the most attractive book internally (it's not well laid out), and might actually turn saved Christians off to wanting to get to know the Bible better, but for someone with patience you may pull out some new facts as I did, so it is defintely not worthless, but I wouldn't stick it in my personal library even after having blacked out the parts I didn't like.
On a side note, reviewer Readalots claims that there is little evidence to support a synagogue being in Nazereth, but he is wrong because there is a huge amount of indirect evidence (such as the Bible having been shown repeatedly to be historically accurate: see my other reviews, including the one on Noah's Flood.)
A New Look @ Jesus.......2006-05-31
Crossan and Reed (C & R) bring an interesting and unusual study with "Excavating Jesus" (2001 paperback). The subtitle of the book suggests that the authors will attempt to search for Jesus "beneath the stones and behind the texts". Their methodology focuses around their so-called "top ten" archaeological discoveries (page 2) and "top ten" exegetical discoveries (page 7). The book's 330 pages are dedicated to reviewing these findings to the authors' well-sourced (by scientific notation method which offers the source in the text face) satisfactions.
Beginning the book by considering the 2002 introduction of the "James ossuary" (with its controversial inscription "James the son of Joseph the brother of Jesus"), the authors declare the small bone box authentic (page 25). The following chapters direct readers to extensive archaeological findings and a general rethinking of the biblical witness at some key points. For example, no Nazareth synagogues existed, they say, during Jesus' life time thus bringing Luke 4:16-30 into question (page 59-63). C & R decide on the evidence before them that the virgin birth means St. Mary maintained virginity only until after Jesus' birth (page 87). These authors are challenging, but not always convincing, in their presentations.
C & R's review of 1st century Capernaum is helpful to their study (pages 119 to 135), but the purpose for their comprehensive examination of Caesarea Maritima (a city that Jesus is never said to have visited) is unclear. Later, the reader is subjected to considerations of "the villa of an aristocrat" (page146) and "houses of the elites" (page 149)- places where Jesus never went. Although such discussion is enlightening one wonders what it has to do with the book's topic. The authors bring a formidable study of Jesus' life and ministry among the poor and socially out cast (page 150 to 160). C & R's suggestion that "Jesus created a Kingdom franchise" is fresh and provocative (page 161).
"Excavating Jesus" offers a multitude of maps, colored photographs, drawings, and a handy archaeological sources section (near the back of the book). The writing style is somewhat technical. The authors assume a certain academic learning level. This book ought to be read with a copy of the Bible in hand (for example, the Paul vs. James controversy, on page 40- 41, should be thoroughly understood from the Scriptural source before attempting to comprehend C & R's potentially controversial position). The book's seven chapters average over 40 pages each. It is not a quick read.
By the book's conclusion the authors seemed more archaeological than exegetical. They simply raise more questions than they answer. (It could be argued, with some accuracy, that this book is an archaeological text with a Jesus title.) Perhaps that's the purpose for compelling history. C & R are often fascinating, sometime unconvincing, but always stimulating. They challenge conventional wisdom to renew itself by reviewing the archaeological and exegetical sources. This is a good read for a new generation of biblical scholars and those willing to test former learning.
A lot of potential unrealized.......2006-03-10
I read this book for a class on the Greco-Roman world. The book looks very interesting from the outset, attempting to do what is not done very often: combining the efforts of archaeology and Biblical exegesis to gain a more accurate picture of what is happening specifically in the Gospels. They cover what they believe are the ten most important discoveries (or so, they kind of smudge the lines a little bit by combining certain discoveries together, but they're up front about that, so it's ok) of both archaeology and biblical exegesis. Using these examples and many others, they attempt to show what Jesus was about and how his "kingdom movement" compared to that of John the Baptist's as well as the current empire of Rome at the time. They come to some controversial conclusions, but they attempt to back everything with evidence they give.
There are two major problems with Excavating Jesus. One problem is the form of the book. To put it bluntly, it is a poorly written book. In an attempt to put as much information into the book as they can, they tend to get lost in the information and the point they are trying to make is lost within the plethora of evidence and information. If you're looking for a casual read that will not require much effort on the part of the reader, this is not a book to pick up. The reader is required to sift through a lot of information and sometimes guess at what the authors are trying to get at because their point is not stated clearly enough. The chapters are very large, usually around 80 pages, and though each chapter is trying to focus on a specific point, by the time the reader is finished, they are somewhat lost as to what point the authors were trying to make. The thesis of the book itself is not easily discernible. The method is made very clear, but ultimately overshadows what the authors are trying to do. So the important messages that the book is trying to get across are lost in poor writing and direction.
The other major problem with the book is the conclusions. They are not bad because they are controversial; the authors make it a point to try to back everything they present with evidence. What makes the conclusions problematic is that they are all fairly extreme. If there is any room to doubt something, the authors immediately jump to the farthest conclusion. For example, there is little evidence to suggest that there is a synagogue in Nazareth at the time Jesus would have lived there as Luke records. The authors automatically conclude that the events that take place in chapter 4 of Luke didn't happen. That's a fairly extreme jump to make, and there are other plausible explanations that can be made. The book does this quite a bit.
Overall, the book is not good. It's worth reading if one is willing to take the time to sift through the poor writing, but if you're looking for a simple book about how archaeology and exegesis can work together, I would look elsewhere, though the selection is somewhat thin.
One positive aspect of the book is in the discourse of the first chapter about the James Ossuary. This is a fascinating discussion and I think an important on when it comes to good archaeology and exegesis. However, it'd be better to check the book out from a theological library and read that selection rather than purchase the book for that section.
Interesting, but must be filtered.......2006-01-18
Your view of this book depends on whether you agree with the authors' foundational assumptions:
"Once it became obvious to scolarship that Matthew, Mark and Luke were so similar in sequence and content that some sort of genetic connection had to be presumed (a first discovery)..." [The authors call this presumption a "discovery" and thereafter regard it as an accepted fact throughout the book.]
"Mark came first, and both Matthew and Luke copied from it..."
"Based on those two interdependent discoveries, a third was almost immediately added. With Mark before us, it was easy to see which sections Matthew and Luke used. But there were too many other sections in Matthew and Luke not in Mark, but present with sufficiently similiar sequence and content that another major source had to be postulated (a third discovery)." [This major source is referred to as the "Q Gospel."]
For those who accept as established fact the authors' hypothesis that the gospels were derived from each other, and derived from a hypothetical document called the Q Gospel, there is no end to the scriptures that one can pick and choose as "authentic" while designating others as "later fabrications" of the Gospel writers pursuing their own agendas. This no doubt allows much fruitful ground for further "discoveries" and hypotheses allowing people to remake Jesus and Christianity to mean anything they want based on current social values.
For those who do not accept the authors' hypothesis, the book is nonetheless an interesting read giving atmosphere and insight into first-century AD Palestine and the world Jesus lived in, including illustrations reconstructing the appearance of buildings and towns in Nazareth, Jerusalem, etc. I came away from this book with a greater sense of Jesus the man, with his sleeves rolled up in the real world.
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Compromised is the true story of Bill Clinton's political sell-out to the CIA.
Clinton's unbridled political ambitions and his campaign pledge to create "jobs for Arkansans" led him to compromise his ideals in exchange for CIA support in his bid for the Presidency.
He permitted the "Agency" to use Arkansas factories to make untraceable weapons and he allowed CIA contract agents to train Contra pilots on rural airstrips in support of the war in Nicaragua - effectively evading the Congressional ban on military aid to the Contras.
This expose unfolds through the eyewitness account of Terry Reed, a former CIA asset whose patriotism transformed him into a liability when he refused to turn a blind eye to the Agency's drug trafficking. While helping the CIA set up its secret "black" operations, he unwittingly compromised his family's safety, ultimately forcing them to become fugitives. Realizing that Reed witnessed the making of a counterfeit President and knew too much about its drug operations, the Agency set out to destroy him and his family.
This Arkansas-CIA connection became Clinton's darkest secret - a secret he shared by then Vice-President Bush, who himself was compromised by his involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal. Their shared guilt kept them silent and tied their hands as they faced off in the 1992 Presidential election with neither mentioning Iran-Contra.
The Justice Departments of Reagan, Bush - and now Clinton - have orchestrated an ongoing cover-up of the Arkansas-CIA connection, which has gone undetected for eight years with Bill Clinton its major beneficiary. Clinton's reward for this Faustian pact? The White House.
Reed puts Clinton directly in the "Iran-Contra loop". Both attended a secret meeting where CIA arms arrangements, illegal Contra training and money laundering were discussed. Involved with Clinton in this cabal were Colonel Oliver North, William Barr (George Bush's attorney general), Felix Rodriguez (Bay of Pigs veteran and George Bush's CIA contact) and CIA contract agent Barry Seal, who used the cover of a high-profile drug trafficker to carry out his missions.
"Compromised" reveals the details and names of all who were involved, including these faceless power brokers now in positions of public prominence in Washington, D.C.
When the CIA learned Reed had more patriotism than they bargained for, forces within President Bush's Justice Department, the CIA and the State of Arkansas decided he had to be neutralized. People close to Clinton conspired to set Reed up on false federal criminal charges, forcing him and his family into hiding. But Reed was acquitted, and now wages a one-man legal war to bring those who framed him to justice.
Found innocent by a court of law, Reed was then convicted by TIME Magazine, which aligned itself with a Clinton campaign consumed with protecting its candidate from scandals.
Why did Terry Reed, who performed intelligence services for the US Air Force, FBI, and CIA, come forward with these revelations now? - to set the record straight and to clear his name.
"Compromised" reveals one of the most clandestine operations in recent U.S. history. It also offers behind-the-scenes insights into the sordid world of intelligence, where things are seldom what they seem and powerful people disguise greed and ambition behind the convenient mask of national security.
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Terry Reed did a great service to Americans with this tome.......2007-04-20
Wow, this was a stunning tome. If you ever needed proof that both republicans and democrats are in criminal collusion together, and that you are wasting your time and merely perpetuating evil every time you cast a vote for either major party in an election, this will do it for you...that is, IF you shut your idiot box television off first and stop being so sheep-like in your fawning faith in a gov't literally out to get you and all that you hold dear.
The major media facade version of this country, and the real reality version of this country, can scarcely be more vividly contrasted. Tell you what: You read this book, then go back and try to watch FoxNews or CNN. You can't, my friend. You can't. You will have been radicalized beyond all hope of "them" ever re-programming you. Because that's what you are being when you get your "news" from TV, radio, major newspapers/magazines/books--you are being programmed. Snap out of it. Not that there is much hope of many people actually following my advice, but hey, now you can't say nobody told you...
Amazing Book.......2007-01-10
This book is simply amazing. It details the life of a CIA asset, pilot and businessman as he falls further and further into the rabbit hole and learns the truth about the CIA and its control of the government. In the book we find that Bill Clinton, George HW Bush and many other politicians are "compromised" and beholden to the secret government known as the CIA. If you think that there is a difference between political parties, prepare to experience a paradigm shift.
Mr. Reed nails it between the uprights!.......2006-10-03
I still have a cassette tape of Mr.
Reed on Dr. Stan's fine Radio Liberty
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lettered agencies came at him with
both barrels blazing under the overused
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Get this book Mr. & Mrs. America!!!!!!
A great book inspite of:.......2006-01-14
A great book but about 200 too many pages and horrible typography. I have first hand knowledge of many events described and they are acurate. A must read even though a hard read.
This book should be read by every US citizen. However, it will be read by too few, because of the way the book was produced. I suspect that the book was sabotaged by agent/s provocateur at the production level.
This only proves just how bad our "elite" don't want us to know the truth. Learn the truth in spite of them!
Terry Reed vs. Criminals In Action.......2005-11-11
"This book could topple the President," is the quote from the London Sunday Telegraph on the back cover. Well, ten years on and Bill Clinton seems to be a respected elder statesman and I don't think he comes out of this book with his reputation too badly damaged as at least he invested some of the drug money into regenerating Arkansas. It seems that back in 1992 when Mr Reed went public about his experiences that he wasn't taken seriously because it would have meant that Clinton, who had been a vocal critic of aid to the Contras, would have been performing "risky favors" (as Time magazine put it) for the Reagan administration. And why would he do that? Money! The CIA supposedly judged Arkansas to be a kind of banana republic with very poor accounting standards and used it as a base to manufacture weapons to be used in Nicaragua and the CIA paid Clinton for the privilege. However, it seems that Clinton got greedy and creamed off too much of the CIA's hard-earned drug money and the operation was moved to Mexico.
Terry Reed was involved in the business of training Contra pilots and in the manufacture of the weapons. I liked the way he was open about his motives. An Vietnam veteran, he wanted to defeat the "Commies" properly, not like in Vietnam, where, as he puts it, soldiers were left at times unable to do their job properly because of people like Kissinger, who was judged to be more interested in eating gourmet food in Paris and talking about "detente" with China. He also says he wanted to be a millionaire by the time he was 40 and to have more adrenalin flowing in his life.
Well, the CIA certainly seems to have delivered in getting the adrenalin flowing in Mr Reed and his family. The way he tells it, it sounds like he was set up, along with his friend Barry Seal. Seal sounds a bit of a charismatic fellow, a bit like the James Woods character in the movie "Salvador" and he's almost the star of the show in the first couple of hundred pages of the book. (He comes to a sticky fate shortly after bragging about possessing footage of a certain vice-president's sons engaged in a cocaine deal.)
This book is one that should probably be read twice, as some of the protagonists are not all that they seem and there is some double-crossing and maybe triple-crossing going on. It sort of made me think of the movie The Usual Suspects.
Only the Contra aspect of Iran-Contra is covered. For the Iran aspect, I would recommend reading Trail of the Octopus (Amazon UK has lots of used copies). That book is mostly about the Lockerbie cover-up, but contains lots about Oliver North and Iran-Contra from a Defense Intelligence Agency perspective. In that book, former DIA operative Lester Coleman states that it was the Pentagon and the DIA who blew the whistle on Oliver North! Coleman also refers to "Oliver North's ragtag army of conmen, yahoos and armchair mercenaries", which presumably included Mr Reed!?
Overall, I think this is a great book, recommended especially for students of geopolitics and international relations.
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Making Finance Make Sense.......2000-04-17
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Divorce for Dummies.......2007-03-13
I found this book very interesting. I am not divorced nor married, but the book provides a wealth of information to know before entering into marriage. Protecting oneself is key and I feel Divorce for Dummies opened my eyes to what I did not realize.
Covers Many Topics.......2006-04-19
This book hit on many topics and is a good reference book to use throughout the various stages of your divorce. Touches on a wide variety of things and generally answers some questions you might have. Some advice in this book I did not see in other divorce books such as what to do about debt in both of your names. Outlines what to do about credit card debt in both names as well as mortgage debt in both names. Mortgage debt is harder to get out of your name even if your spouse is awarded the asset. You are both still liable for mortgage debt until it is paid off or refinanced. Even if your divorce decree says that your former spouse is responsible for paying it. Book tells you how to communicate with credit card companies in regard to protecting your credit.
This book is worth reading because you will probably learn at least a few things you did not previously know.
thorough, reliable.......2005-09-18
Divorce for Dummies is a thorough overview of the divorce process and ways to make it easier and less expensive. I know the authors from interviewing them for my Internet radio show, [...] and other articles, and I know they are very careful in the resources and information they present. I also believe they really do have the consumer's best interest at heart.
As a consumer educator myself, I know some of the information -- especially related to finances -- is crucial. I've talked with so many people over the years who have been burned because they thought everything was taken care of with the divorce decree. Unfortunately, that's not the final word on how things will work out! That is especially true with regard to credit. If you have joint accounts PLEASE read their warnings or you may likely get stuck with your ex's bad credit for years.
Even if you have a great divorce attorney, he or she won't have time to cover all the topics in this book with you, so I recommend it to make sure you're well-informed. One more caveat -- make sure you get the 2nd edition of this book, which is the most recent!
OK for general information, not for individual states.......2004-05-31
I prefer books that are state specific such as Texas Family Law Guide, Louisiana Family Law Guide, etc.
Good overview.......2003-07-25
Overall this book covers a lot of important topics with regards to the whole divorce process with good explanations and definitions. While some areas could have gone into more detail and perhaps provided some worksheets or step by steps guides, I don't think any (critical) issues were left out. While some other books I've seen stated the obvious and left you thinking "well duh"...this book had good information throughout.
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Many theories exist about who Paul was, what he believed, and what role he played in the origins of Christianity. Using archaeological and textual evidence and taking advantage of recent major discoveries, eminent New Testament scholar John Dominic Crossan and biblical archaeologist Jonathan L. Reed discover the real Paul as a dedicated successor of Jesus, carrying on Jesus's mission of inaugurating the Kingdom of God on earth against the reign of Rome.</p>
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Best of the bunch.......2007-05-15
I'm a non-specialist in this area, learning about New Testament scholarship over the past few years. This was my first Marcus Borg book, and my favorite of the 20 or so books I've read so far. Borg is warmer and more sympathetic than Bart Erhman, for example, but like Ehrman, faces the current scholarship squarely and honestly. I like Borg's faithful stance. It's non-traditional, in that the scholarship has led him to see Jesus differently. But the insights into Jesus's life and times - these hit you on almost every page.
Valuable lessons that stick out in my mind - why Jesus posed enough threat to be killed by authories; how his message was both politically and spiritually radical; separating the historical Jesus from the Jesus worshipped by the early communities and writers; how truly radical the message was for its time; how in contrast to Mohamed or the Buddha, Jesus made his mark in just 2-3 years.
The book captures a picture of Jesus that's based on current research, but doesn't overwhelm you with the diverse perspectives and methods debated by scholars. Only a few times does Borg let you into the current questions facing scholars - that's for another book. But that's what makes this book so valuable, as an honest snapshot of Jesus and his times, from a sympathetic but critical scholar of faith.
A Clash of Visions of World Peace.......2007-05-01
"This entire book is about the clash between ... alternative visions of world peace. One is Augustus's vision ... The other is Paul's vision ..." So write Crossan and Reed (page 74) about the central theme of their book. Although nothing is known *archaeologically* of the communities of Paul, the archaeological heritage left by the Roman imperial theology of Augustus is immense.
The authors begin with a description of the city of Aphrodisias, a Roman city in what is now southwestern Turkey. 2000 years ago before Augustus became emporer, he declared Aphrodisias to be the one city is all of Asia (probably the province) selected to be his own. Aphrodite was the Greek version of the Roman goddess Venus from which the lineage of Augustus was allegedly descended. Mixed between the carved and engraved scenes of Zeus, Poseidon, and Aphrodite are scenes of Aeneas along with Romulus and Remus. Readers familiar with stories of the origen of Rome may recall that the classical sources for many of these stories wrote *for* Augustus.
Once I was chatting with a friend a of mine who was also an eminent scholar. We were at the annual AAR-SBL conference and he had just delivered a paper. "Aren't you ever going to write a paper with a thesis sentence?" I asked. "Never!" he responded. Crossan and Reed have filled their book with much archaeological detail, detail which at times reads like a travel book for a tourist. At times they write "you walk" or "you find." In this way the authors hope to demonstrate the pervasiveness of imperial theology. For Cross and Reed there is an "absolute conjunction between religion and politics." In the epilogue the authors propse that Jesus and Paul were not trapped in a negative view of the world but offered a positive alternative in its replacement.
Some too casual readers will think that Paul is being portrayed as a political revolutionary. In fact this was not the case. At the turn of the era Rome was very tolerant of diverse religions. Notice above that Rome adopted and adapted Greek mythology. Similarly Cross and Reed tell the story of the cult of Isis and how it was adopted and adapted into the imperial cult. Likewise there are some readers who will maintain that early Christianity was a political movement even though the New Testament tries to distance itself from such thinking and in non-canonical writings, the only possible connection between Christiainity and politics is a term used in a Greek graffiti, a term also used to describe an association of plumbers.
The blurb on the front cover of _In Search of Paul_ says that this is a "new vision" of the Apostle Paul. After thinking about the matter for a while, I would have to disagree. Has not the Gospel always maintained that the peace of God will always be at odds with the peace of the world? Perhaps another reader's faith would say it slightly different, but is this not the case?
Paul vs Rome .......2007-02-10
I was a little pleased to see that John Dominic Crossan (the main author, I'd say) turns out to be something of a fan of Paul. I had been prejudiced, I suppose, to expect something of a desacralising of the apostle and perhaps some questioning of his state of mind, such as I'd read in books by Burton Mack and, perhaps, Jerome Murphy O'Connor. However, though Crossan sees Paul as a vulnerable human being like the rest of us, he presents him as a genius of politico-sociological analysis (sorry about the jargon) on the one hand and as a theologian with a very clear, very challenging understanding of Christ's purpose as saviour of the world and messenger of peace through justice.
Like an earlier reviewer, I too began skipping the detailed bits about archaeological finds and the material culture of the Roman Empire, though I stayed with any discussion of what these revealed about social stratification, the production and distribution of social influence, and the living arrangements of people in the "insula" (suburbs and blocks of dwellings) and residences of people at the time, because I thought that would tell me something about the structure and practices of the early "house churches" - Paul's audiences. Which it did.
I think the book is very helpful at revealing the political, social and physical context in which Paul worked. It also has a powerful political and theological message that the authors believe is crucial for America in her attempts to impose and defend Pax Americana throughout the world.
Crossan proposes that Paul understood the death and resurrection of Jesus as significant because Jesus was executed violently by imperialist forces. This was seen as necessary to defend the Pax Romana in Judea. Jesus' resurrection, therefore, in Paul's view was an act of triumph over violence and over the imperial belief that peace can be achieved through victory and conquest. It wouldn't have had the same significance had Jesus died peacefully at home and then rose from the dead. Paul confronted the Empire with a model based on faith (surrender to God's will), justice (carrying out God's laws) and equality (within the Christian community at least). This model opposed the Augustan one of piety (cultic devotional practices), victory (violence), consolidation and peace. The latter may be interchanged in sequence, but they rest on continued actual or threatened violence, foundation of the cult of the Emperor as divine and the establishment of patronage and hierarchy - also interchageable - where the pecking order and the privileges attending it were based on access to powerful patrons. There was not much place for women, slaves or minorities in this hierarchy until they had broken through the hierarchical barriers (ceilings?) by one means or another, but Paul's vision of the Christian community itself was egalitarian ("neither male nor female, slave nor free, Jew nor Greek", etc). (The Pauline texts cited in favour of sexism and the like are insertions or from the pseudo-Pauline letters written after his death.)
Something the Publishers' Weekly review seems to have not picked up, but which is a critical component of Crossan's thesis is that Paul was not in fact preaching primarily to the Jews, or to the gentiles. Rather he was trying to capture the constituency knows as "God-fearers" or "believers". They were the pagans attached to synagogues, converted to the monotheism and laws and ethics of the Jews in their towns, but the males were not circumcised, they may not have observed kosher and they probably joined in with other citizens in performance of the sacrifices that were built into much civic ritual. They were sometimes relatively wealthy and perhaps able to provide a degree of protection to the Jewish community. Paul saw them as potential and valuable converts and addressed them as such. As you could imagine, this aroused much hostility to the apostle from the Jews in the cities he targeted.
This review has gone on too long - perhaps an indication of how helpful the book might be. I found it worthwhile and reasonably easy to read. Crossan's message to America is Paul's, that peace through victory does not liberate. It doesn't work, at least in the long term. That philosophy brought us the Pax Romana for a while, but, after centuries of war and destruction, it culminated in 19th century imperialism, 20th century totalitarianism and 21st century terrorism.
Disappointing -- but with some good insights .......2007-01-10
I've read three or more books by Crossan. They always look fascinating and they always disappoint. The man (and his co-author, an archaelogist) can simply not stay on the subject he promises to tell us about. His book on Jesus hardly mentions Jesus until after page 200. Is this book, Paul is sort of a straw man set up so that Crossan can give us a travelogue to various places he visited around the Mediterranean. There's far too much here about ancient ruins and far too little about early Christianity and Paul's role. The question is asked on the bookjacket: did Paul invent Christianity? I never found the answer in this book.
There are, however, some interesting speculations in this book and, on occasion, a startling insight. For example, Crossan speculates that Judiasm, rather than Christianity, might have become the official religion of the Roman Empire had events transpired a bit differently. And he talks about the "God-worshippers" who occupied a sort of halfway house between paganism and Judaism -- and were Paul's targets for evangelism.
So, like Crossan's other books this is worth leafing through to look for the good parts and skipping the dross. If you read the book expecting a biography of Paul, you'll be disappointed. You will learn more about the Roman empire and its architecture, and you will find pearls of wisdom about Paul hidden about.
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Mediocre attempt that really is not in search of "Paul".......2006-08-31
Crossan and Reed here make a really poor attempt to do several things, provide a historical, sociological, anthropological, and religious context to the world of the historical Paul, while at the same time present a modern travelogue and archaelogical primer of Paul's world. But at the same time, they attempt an exegesis of Paul's writings, give themselves literary license to rewrite scripture, and try to downplay or even declare wrong whole portions of the New Testament. They obviously started the book with a clear agenda to challenge and find illegitimate non "politically correct" portions of the New Testament and so the title is completely misleading. While obviously everyone is entitled to their own views on scripture, this attempt at religious revisionism is absurd, especially when these authors pretend to do it under the guise of scholarship.
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Has some good ideas.......2007-03-30
This is a fast, simple read that allows your to jump around different sections with little confusion. It has some good tips on getting rid of debt and saving more for the future, and above all it give advice to appreciate what you already have and don't feel the need to constantly buy new things!
Managing Debt for Dummies.......2007-03-13
This book gives you everything you need to know about getting your finances in order and gives you a plan of action. The information is very practical and helpful for a variety of issues and situations. If you are in debt, this is a must read.
The light at the end of the tunnel!.......2007-03-12
Not knowing where to start untangling the mess I'd made for myself and way too embarrassed, even ashamed, to ask for help kept me living in vagueness, not ever adding up the numbers. Managing Debt for Dummies made it safe to come out from under the covers and look at my financial situation. Ventura and Reed not only have a friendly, non-judgmental tone to their advice, they break the road to solvency down into manageable pieces and guide us forward step by step. It most reminds me of the feeling I had as my dad ran alongside my bike the first rides after removing the training wheels. The fear is still there, but knowing he's there to guide me, I'm able to take the risk, all the time feeling an eminent sense of independence.
Excellent current information to help millions struggling with debt.......2007-02-21
I've been a fan of John Ventura and Mary Reed's books for some time, mainly because they are accurate, straightforward and actionable. Managing Debt for Dummies is no exception. It covers everything from basic budgeting to how to avoid eviction. I've been in the consumer education field for a long time now and I can attest that the strategies and resources listed are reliable and useful.
The chapter on Managing Your Past-Due Mortgage is going to be especially relevant as billions of dollars in adjustable rate mortgages begin to reset. Likewise, I know a lot of people are having trouble paying back student loans, and the information there is also clear and straightforward.
Overall, this book is coming out at the right time, and I have no doubt many, many people are going to find it indispensible.
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The situation in St. Petersburg was growing more and more tense. The People's Revolution had begun by overthrowing the corrupt Tsarist regime in March 1917, but the workers and the peasants felt the revolution had much farther to go. Tired of fighting a war that meant little to them, the soldiers also grew restless: "When the land belongs to the peasants, and the factories to the workers, and the power to the Soviets, then we'll know we have something to fight for, and we'll fight for it!"
Lenin pressed the Bolsheviks to seize power. On the night of October 24, an organized mass of workers, soldiers, peasants, and sailors stormed the Winter Palace. On the following day, at the opening of the second Congress of Soviets, Trotsky announced the overthrow of the provisional government. Counterrevolutionary forces marched on the capital, but the Revolutionary Army triumphed. After all, "[t]his was their battle, for their world; the officers in command were elected by them. For the moment that incoherent multiple will was one will."
In Ten Days That Shook the World John Reed tells the story of Red October and the Russian revolution from a unique, firsthand perspective. Reed, an American journalist, was on assignment in Russia for The Masses--then the principal radical journal in the United States--and spent his days walking the streets, reading and collecting handbills, newspapers, and posters, and talking to people. As a result, Ten Days crackles with energetic immediacy. At its best moments it reads like a novel: Reed recounts conversations and arguments, details political machinations, and speculates on personal motives. Though this is no mere piece of propaganda, Reed's enthusiasm for the revolution infuses the text (some readers may be put off by Reed's florid prose), casting each counterrevolutionary act in a negative light. Helpful notes flesh out the background for those less familiar with the preceding events and render this a solid work of history. Ten Days That Shook the World is a stirring account of a stirring event. --Sunny Delaney
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The basis for the Academy Award–winning 1981 film Reds, Reed's classic eyewitness account captures the opening days of the Russian Revolution. His passionately involved narrative describes the fall of the provisional government, the assault on the Winter Palace, Lenin's seizure of power, and other tumultuous events. "Brilliant and entertaining." — The New York Times Book Review. 16 illustrations.
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This book is a slice of intensified history-history as I saw it. It does not pretend to be anything but a detailed account of the November Revolution, when the Bolsheviki, at the head of the workers and soldiers, seized the state power of Russia and placed it in the hands of the Soviets.
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THE HEROIC AGE OF THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION .......2006-11-29
John Reed, Harvard Class of 1910, epitomized the best of the pre-World War I bourgeois radicals. Unlike the vast majority of his Class and class he cast his fate with the working people and oppressed of America at a time when the dominant left bourgeois movement- the Progressive movement- was busy applying band aids to the increasingly inequitable capitalist system. The radical movement is always in need, sometimes desperately in need, of intellectuals to tell its side of the story. Despite some exceptions, like Reed, the intellectuals then, as now, either stand on the sidelines or at most acted as `fellow travelers' to the movement. Reed on the contrary put all his energies into the movement. As a journalist he sought out all the radical hotspots of his time starting with his coverage of the Mexican Revolution, through the various workers' strikes of the 1910's in America culminating in his coverage of the heroic period of the Russian Revolution. His journalistic account of the Bolshevik seizure of power, Ten Days That Shook the World, stands even today as one of the best eyewitness accounts of that turbulent time in Russia. Reed had access to many elements of Russian society, from the revolutionatry workers quarters in Vyborg and Kronstadt to high society in the shadow of the Winter Palace, and mined those sources for his material. He brings the passion of the partisan in the best sense to his work.
If you want insights into the struggle for power from a central character in the fight then Leon Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution is must reading. If you want to know what the Bolshevik Revolution meant for the configuration of world geo-politcs them E.H. Carr's three volume study is for you. If you want to know what the various parties were up to in the period prior to the Bolshevik seizure of power then Sukhanov's Notes on the Revolution will provide a rather insightful guide. However, if you want to know how the revolutionary developments in 1917 affected various layers of society (and how they responded) then Reed is for you. Enough said.
How to get the most out of this great book.......2006-06-24
To appreciate this book, you have to understand what it is and what it isn't.
This is top-notch journalism, by someone with a lot of insight into what he was seeing, and a knack for turning up in all the right places. It gives you a vivid, unparalleled *flavor* of the Russian revolution of 1917, the first victorious working class revolution.
But it's still *journalism*. It's not an organized chronicle of what happened, beginning at the beginning and introducing events and ideas in a logical order. On top of that, Reed arrived in Russia at the climax of the revolution, after seven months of intense activity by an overwhelming cast of characters. If you read it too casually, it's like starting a textbook by reading the last chapter.
To get the most out of the book, I suggest reading Reed's introductory material carefully, probably returning to it more than once as you read the book. If you need more help, there's a good summary in the last two chapters of "Revolutionary Continuity: the Early Years" by Farrell Dobbs.
Your efforts will be well-rewarded. It really is great journalism.
For a definitive history, I highly recommend the widely acclaimed masterpiece, "History of the Russian Revolution" by Leon Trotsky. If you like one book, you'll like the other. I promise. Please read my review. (Click on "See all my reviews" above.)
Some reviewers complained that Reed doesn't explain the revolution's shortcomings -- the Russian revolution obviously turned out badly in the long run. But not everyone agrees that the revolution was fatally flawed from the very beginning. I don't. It's hard to read Reed's book and believe it was anything but an authentic popular revolution. For what went wrong, I recommend "The Revolution Betrayed" by Leon Trotsky and "Lenin's Final Fight", a collection of Lenin's last writings.
Eye Witness Account - Recommended by Lenin.......2005-11-15
This is an excellent account of the Russian Revolution told in story form and should be included in your study of the Revolution. The author was an American journalist and active participant in the American Labor movement aiding strikers in Paterson, NJ. In 1919 he chaired the meeting which founded the Communist-Labour Party, later the Communist Party of the U.S.A.. There is no such thing as an "objective" and neutral study, all sides are bias, so this book should be read with the so called anti-communist accounts to balance this study out.
There are a lot of details and yet it is told in story form. I think the other book to read on this subject is the History of the Russian Revolution written by the source itself, Leon Trotsky. Also Trotsky's book, The Revolution Betrayed. Then you can go to writings of Lenin. I found a short book on a couple of essays by the German Socialist and contemporary of the Socialist movement, Rosa Luxemburg, is very significant as an analysis. In this she criticizes much of Lenin and Trotsky's centralization as opposed to opportunism and the disbanding of the Duma and so forth, an excellent read! There are also quite a few modern books on the Russian Revolution as Richard Piper and others. This book is an excellent place to start and should not be excluded in this study.
This book as scores of statements Reed took from the many of the Bolshevik - proletarian and the bourgeois newspapers, documents, announcements and decrees of Kerensky and the provincial government, short conversations with Bolsheviks, Cadets, Cossacks, Mensheviks, proletarians and bourgeois alike. What I found so helpful is that Reed, as an sort of neutral in between person, was able to interview many of the opposing sides.
A useful exposition of the October Revolution.......2005-02-10
John Reed's book, "Ten Days That Shook The World", presents a challenge to well-meaning scholars of the October Revolution everywhere. The continuing debate over comrade Reed's accounts of the events of the socialist triumph over the bourgeois Kerenskyite oligarchs has been overshadowed by the present-day temporary setback experienced by the Communist Party of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and its struggle to resume its true and rightful place as the vanguard of the international proletariat. As Engels wrote in his classic work, "Materialism and the Apostasis of the 18th Brumaire" (Progress Press, Moscow, 1957), the inevitability of achieving a worker's state is far from a seamless upward trail, and will, from time to time encounter momentary challenges and obstacles thrown in the path of progess by counter-revolutionary and capitalist elements.
How does the proper historian view Reed's work? Clearly, as comrade V. I. Lenin wrote his original introduction to "Ten Days", Reed was at his best in reporting on the empirical reality of the proletarian movements inside Petrograd. As comrade Lenin and others later commented, Reed could be excused as a "revolutionary journalist" (a bourgeois conceit, of course) for failing to correctly observe the deviationism underlying the Plenkhavites and so-called moderate Socialist Revolutionaries, not to mention crypto-anarchists and other undisciplined romantic individualists. Reed erred in not uncovering the Menshevik centrist trend in the Russian Social Democratic movement, lead by Trotsky and Bukharin, arch-conspirators and chauvinists who were rightfully expelled from the Party in 1927. Indeed, it was with comradely restraint and generosity that comrade Lenin granted a state memorial to comrade Reed's memory....
Regrettably, truly objective scholarship has all but disappeared since the unfortunate events of the past decade. Perhaps the best critical analysis of the contradictions in Reed's works is found in comrade S.I. Klepov's monumental and enthralling six volume work, "Annals of the Sixth Comintern's Sub-Committee On Far Eastern Labor Relations in the Baikal-Irkutsk Regions (Progress Press, Moscow, 1937 (sadly, now out of print)), in which at page 708, he writes, "The American J. Reed fails to dialectically confront the errors of so-called moderates but in reality bourgeois roaders such as Zinoviev. He can be excused many of these faults due to his education in the infantile American labor movement and its inability to grasp such fundamental necessities as party discipline... As we know, "facts" are not the same as "truth." Shorn of the necessary empiro-criticism guided by the steady hand of the Party, Reed's "account" of the November revolution are but an empty shadow of the genuine proletariat victory." Truly such words were written on pages of gold!
Surely we cannot improve on comrade Klepov's correct analysis. Comrade Reed's work, while flawed, can be forgiven as a good and indulgent father excuses an errant but well-meaning child.
NICE NOVEL.......2004-12-06
Previous reviewers have said that this book at times "reads like a novel," but that it is "too laden with historical details." Well, folks, it reads like a novel because it IS
a novel. It could be found in the fiction section last time I visited a chain bookstore. Needless to say, I disagree therefore with the complaint that it is too laden with historical details. I do agree, however, with the comment that
it has "lessons for democracy" - better think twice about a
political movement that believes it can dispense with Christianity at a funeral because it is building heaven on earth. Yes, it is well written, but in its South German chatty way so was Mein Kampf. Any reviewer think that a assessment of THAT book should dwell lovingly on its style?
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If only there was more.......2007-05-25
this book lives up to its underground billing as we are drawn into the Mexican Revolution in a way that makes us seem to be riding with Pancho Villa and living with the villagers along the way. It reminds one of a Hemingway report except with added detail. The only complaint is that it is not longer for it leaves you the urge to read more Reed.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.......2000-03-21
In this account of his adventures in the advance to Mexico City with Pancho Villa's armies, John Reed gives an excellent account of what it was like to have been there. Luckily enough for him, historians, and adventure lovers alike, he was on the winning side and survived to tell his tale. His tale is his aspect of the venture among the soldiers who fought the battles, rode the trains, suffred the hardships of civil war, and tasted the glow of victories won on the way to the capitol city. It's gritty, putrid, rough and tumble and the food isn't great but at the end you get a heck of a kick from surviving it all.
John Reed's writing style is great.......1999-07-30
This book was written over 80 years ago, so as military journalism it is quite dated. However, the author's portraits of people and places are so vivid that the characters and events seem to come alive. The author displays a novelist's talent for description. It is a very sympathetic portrait of Pancho Villa. I don't know how historically accurate it is, but it is certainly interesting reading.
Classic Work on its Era.......1999-07-13
This book has been notorious since its publication in 1914. The authorm a reporter for the American radical press, did not go to Mexico City riding in relative comfort on the press train accompaning the Division del Norte General Francisco "Pancho" Villa during rhe successful Constitutionalist southward campaign against the Federalista forces of the usurper General Victoriano Huerta, he who had murdered president Madero and his vice president, and siezed power in Mexico City.
Reed, instead in accord with his common man leaning, lived among the "grunts", Mexican campesinos who made up the bulk of Villa's forces.
There are incisive pen portraits of the Constitutionalist leaders, descriptions of the wretched living conditions of the people, and observations on the siege of Torréon, N.L.. and nearby Gomez Palacio, neighboring key strategic cities on the railroad south from Juarez to Mexico City.
This is not history or reporting but a collection of impressionistic and justifiably biased essays. Still very valuable for the feel of the times and has been translated into many languages. The author later went to Russia and wrote "Ten Days That Shook the World." (c.f.) about the October Revolution.
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K. G. Isaacson , R. T. Reed , and John D. Muir
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An undergraduate text on removable orthodontic appliances written by three leading authorities in the field.
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