Jesus and The Forces of Death <subTitle>The Gospels Portrayal of Ritual Impurity within First-Century Judaism</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Thiessen, Matthew</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <namePart type="date">1977-</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">8:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">USA</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Baker Academic</publisher> <dateIssued>2020</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>241tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback</extent> <extent>24 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Although most people acknowledge that Jesus was a first-century Jew, interpreters of the Gospels often present him as opposed to Jewish law and customs--especially when considering his numerous encounters with the ritually impure. Matthew Thiessen corrects this popular misconception by placing Jesus within the Judaism of his day. Thiessen demonstrates that the Gospel writers depict Jesus opposing ritual impurity itself, not the Jewish ritual purity system or the Jewish law. This fresh interpretation of significant passages from the Gospels shows that throughout his life, Jesus destroys forces of death and impurity while upholding the Jewish law.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Matthew Thiessen</note> <subject> <topic>Criticism, interpretation, etc</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible. Gospels Criticism, interpretation, etc</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Purity, Ritual Biblical teaching</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Jesus</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">226.06</classification> <classification authority="ddc">M437-T44</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9781540964878</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/11/3/3207.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/11/3/3207.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2022-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070820.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>