Stephen J. Patterson is Professor of New Testament at Eden Theological Seminary (St. Louis).
Abbreviations
ix
Introduction: Is Jesus Dead?
1
(4)
Prologue: The Crucifixion of a Nobody
5
(8)
What Happened to Jesus?
5
(2)
Crucifixion
7
(3)
Imagining Jesus' Death
10
(3)
Victim
13
(26)
Jesus, the Victim of Empire
13
(1)
The Pax Romana
14
(3)
The Power of Patronage
17
(1)
Rome's Golden Age
18
(3)
Another Empire, Another God
21
(3)
God and Caesar
24
(2)
Casting out Legion
26
(2)
On to the Temple
28
(2)
Another Age, Another Son of God
30
(1)
The Scum of the Earth
31
(3)
Life among the Scythians
34
(2)
Jesus the Victim
36
(3)
Martyr
39
(30)
To Die for a Cause
39
(1)
The Death of God's Righteous One
40
(3)
The Passion Narrative and the Wisdom Tale
43
(2)
A Noble Death
45
(5)
Obedient unto Death
50
(3)
Consider Yourself Dead
53
(3)
The One Who Endures to the End
56
(4)
The Glory of Death
60
(5)
To Live and Die with Jesus
65
(4)
Sacrifice
69
(34)
Sacrifice in Antiquity
70
(7)
Jesus the Sacrifice
77
(5)
Why Sacrifice?
82
(4)
We Abstain!
86
(8)
Taking Leave
94
(9)
Epilogue: The Resurrection of a Nobody
103
(20)
The Meaning of Resurrection
106
(6)
Resurrection Proves Nothing
112
(4)
Why Did They Believe?
116
(2)
Did Anything Really Happen?
118
(2)
A Matter of Decision
120
(3)
Killing Jesus (A Conclusion)
123
(10)
Notes
133
(16)
Bibliography
149
(8)
Index of Ancient Sources
157
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