CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PART ONE: RECENT CONCERNS -- The Mediterranean Jesus -- 1. The Mediterranean Jesus: Context -- 2. Itinerants and Householders in the Earliest Jesus Movement -- 3. Q and a Cynic-Like Jesus -- 4. The Gospel of Thomas and the Cynic Jesus -- The Galilean Jewish Jesus -- 5. The Galilean Jewish Jesus: Context -- 6. Galilean Questions to Crossan's Mediterranean Jesus -- Socio-Rhetorical Interests -- 7. Socio-Rhetorical Interests: Context -- 8. The Rhetoric of the Historical Jesus -- 9. Cosmology and the Jesus Miracles -- 10. The Theological Importance of the "Third Quest" for the Historical Jesus -- Academic Engagement -- 11. Academic Engagement: Context -- 12. A Feminist Experience of Historical-Jesus Scholarship -- 13. The Historical Jesus and African New Testament Scholarship -- Recent Concerns: Closing Thoughts -- 14. Recent Concerns: The Scholar as Engagé -- PART TWO: ENDURING CONCERNS -- Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls -- 15. Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Context -- 16. The Historical Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls -- Apocalypticism -- 17. Apocalypticism: Context -- 18. Will the Reader Understand? Apocalypse as Veil or Vision in Recent Historical-Jesus Research -- The Christ of Faith -- 19. The Christ of Faith: Context -- 20. Is the "Historical Jesus" a Christological Construct? -- Continuing Historical-Jesus Studies -- 21. Continuing Historical-Jesus Studies: Context -- 22. A Taxonomy of Recent Historical-Jesus Work -- Enduring Concerns: Closing Thoughts -- 23. Enduring Concerns: Desiderata for Future Historical-Jesus Research -- CONCLUSION -- 24. Making and Re-Making the Jesus Sign: Contemporary Markings on the Body of Christ -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDICES -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Modern Authors Index -- A -- B -- C.

D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Ancient Sources Index.