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The Ascetic Jesus
Abstract
New Testament scholars have long been divided on the question of Jesus' asceticism. This study will argue that the historical Jesus should be identified as a first-century Jewish ascetic. Here, asceticism is conceptualized as a sociological, cross-cultural and comparative lens through which a range of behaviors can be understood. Consequently, by comparing the early Jesus tradition with other contemporary manifestations of ascetic practice in antiquity, this study will illustrate that an ascetic model for the historical Jesus is not only compatible with(in) first-century Judaism but has the explanatory power to reconcile conflicting portraits of Jesus and advance a theoretical lens through which additional future work on the historical Jesus can be conducted.
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“Jesus ' prolonged periods of withdrawal, meditation, prayer, voluntary celibacy, and ascetic renunciation of worldly ties and attachments suggest that he was engaged in rigorous spiritual practices (Eliade 1958: 360; Joseph 2010: 146 -181).”
From Jesus in India? Transgressing Social and Religious Boundaries (2012) · cites this paper as Joseph 2010: 146 -181
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Jesus in India? Transgressing Social and Religious Boundaries
Joseph, S. J. (2012) · Journal of the American Academy of Religion · doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfr094 · Cited by 6
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- Authors
- Joseph, S.
- Corresponding author
- Joseph, Simon
- ORCID
- Joseph, Simon
- Venue
- Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2010
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 146-181
- ISSN
- 1476-8690 (ISSN-L)
- 1745-5197
- OpenAlex
- W2084509552
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 19.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity
- Keywords
- asceticism, historical Jesus, first-century Judaism, cross-cultural comparison
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