The Nonviolent Messiah: Jesus, Q, and the Enochic Tradition

Deals with the wide-ranging discussion of violence in the Bible, taking up questions of Jesus of Nazareth's relationship to the violence of revolutionary militancy and apocalyptic fantasy alike, and proposes an innovative new approach.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 352 pages

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