The Roots of the Problem and the Person
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John P. Meier
John P. Meier
1991 • 496 pages

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In this definitive book on the real, historical Jesus, one of our foremost biblical scholars meticulously sifts the evidence of 2,000 years to portray neither a rural magician nor a figure of obvious power, but a marginal Jew.

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A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus is a 1-book series first released in 1991 with contributions by John P. Meier.

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