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by S. G. F. Brandon (Author)

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Professor Brandon explores the relationship between Jesus and the whole Jewish cause against Rome, including the Zealot movement. He provides a fundamental reinterpretation of a great part of the four Gospel narratives as these were shaped by political and social forces two generations later.

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413 pages
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English
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Charles Scribner's Sons
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January 1, 1967
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068413361X
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978-0684133614
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Charles Scribner's Sons; HARDBOUND PRINTING edition (January 1, 1967)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 413 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 068413361X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0684133614
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds

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suefein

"Just because the were similar doesn't make them the same" Brandon's conclusion

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This book was most interesting. It told the story of Zealot history, and of Jesus. The references were abundant for anyone seriously interested in the very early Church. The ending was true to S.G.F.Brandon insistence on neutrality in his research. He wrote: Just because Jesus and the Zealots were similar doesn't mean that they were identical. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of the very early Christian Church

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Ron Sandison

A classic

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2014

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One of the best books I have every read on the Zealots movement. Most read for anyone interest in early Christianity and the times of Jesus.
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Jeffrey J. Dionne

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Tremendous resource fro yesteryear.

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Margaret Starbird

A Classic for New Testament

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2013

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This book should be required reading in our seminaries. Brandon's "tour de force" provides answers to questions that arise from a close reading of the canonical Gospels: Why was Peter carrying a sword at the Last Supper? Why did the High Priest send a cohort (600 men) to arrest Jesus in the Garden? Why did Jesus characterize his message as one that would sow enmity between family members? Brandon's book is the source for numerous later authors (Baigent, Lincoln and Leigh: "Holy Blood, Holy Grail"; Bill O'Reilly: "Killing Jesus"; Reza Aslan "Zealot") who characterize the Crucifixion as a Roman execution for sedition.

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A "REVOLUTIONARY" JESUS? READ FOR YOURSELF...

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2013

Samuel George Frederick Brandon (1907-1971) was a British scholar and professor of comparative religion in the University of Manchester. This 1967 book (he wrote a "sequel" of sorts, The Trial of Jesus of Nazareth ) advances the very controversial thesis that Jesus was a 1st century "revolutionary" figure, who was executed for sedition.

Brandon notes that the apostle Simon was a member (or former member) of the Jewish revolutionary movement called the Zealots (see Lk 6:15, Acts 1:13), and that this suggests that Jesus had an appeal for members of such revolutionary movements. He argues that the early church (as illustrated by the gospel of Mark, for example) tried to suppress this information, turning the revolutionary Jesus into the "pacific Christ."

Brandon attributes Jesus' death to his having attacked the "sacerdotal aristocracy" of the Jews by his "cleansing of the Temple," which led to him being executed by the Romans (who Jesus wanted to expel from Palestine) as a political rebel. Brandon suggests a connection between Jesus and the "insurrection" of Barabbas' (who was freed by Pilate, rather than Jesus) mentioned in Mark 15:7, as well.

He summarizes (pg. 218), "Christians were as fervently concerned as the Zealots for the salvation of Israel, which would end the domination of heathen Rome. They differed from them, primarily, in believing that a prophet, who had died a martyr's death at the hands of the Romans, had been raised from the dead by God and would return as the Messiah to redeem Israel. They had found scriptural warranty for this peculiar belief; but they did not emphasize the significance of the death of Jesus beyond maintaining that he had died as a martyr for Israel, owing to the people's blindness and obduracy to his message. The crucifixion of Jesus by the Romans was no more embarrassing to the Jewish Christians than were the Roman executions of Judas of Galilee and his sons to the Zealots. Death at the hands of hated oppressors of Israel was honorable..."

While modern Jesus scholars are more cognizant about the "political" reasons for the Roman execution of Jesus (they wouldn't crucify someone for healing someone on the Sabbath, for example), Brandon's thesis has perhaps not held up that well over the years (remember that it was written during the height of the "student rebellions" of the '60s); and he ignores possibilities such as that Simon may have joined up with Jesus because Simon had REJECTED the "political" solution offered by the Zealots.

At any rate, there is some interesting historical information about the Zealot movement, and this is a very interesting book.

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Peter Marchant

A classic, though quite revolutionary for a work from the 1960s

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 18, 2018

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A fascinating book showing immense knowledge and scholarship. Had Brandon lived into the present day, I am sure he would have realized that his work pointed towards Christ mythicism.

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