Was the historical Jesus an anarchist?^167- Maurice Casey, Jesus of Nazareth: An Independent Historian’s
Account of His Life and Teaching (London: Continuum, 2010), p. 212.
For a survey of the kingdom of God in critical scholarship see Bruce
Chilton, ‘The Kingdom of God in Recent Discussion’, in Studying the
Historical Jesus: Evaluations of the State of Current Research, ed. by
Craig A. Evans and Bruce Chilton (Leiden: Brill, 1998), pp. 255–280. - A largely comprehensive presentation of the canonical data
relating to the kingdom can be found in Joachim Jeremias, New
Testament Theology: The Proclamation of Jesus, trans. by John
Bowden (London: SCM Press, 1971), pp. 31–35. See also Wright,
Jesus and the Victory of God, pp. 663–670. - Thomas 3, 54, 57, 76, 82, 96, 97, 98, 99, 107, 109, 113.
- For a critical evaluation see Simon Gathercole, The Gospel of
Thomas (Leiden: Brill, 2014), pp. 112–127. - For a critical evaluation of the historicity of John see Maurice
Casey, Is John’s Gospel True? (London: Routledge, 1996). For
re-assessments of its historical value see John, Jesus, and History,
Volume 1: Critical Appraisals of Critical Views, ed. by Paul N.
Anderson, Felix Just and Tom Thatcher (Atlanta: Society of Biblical
Literature, 2007); John, Jesus, and History, Volume 2: Aspects of
Historicity in the Fourth Gospel, ed. by Paul N. Anderson, Felix
Just and Tom Thatcher (Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature,
2009). - Mark 1.15 and Matthew 4.17; see also Luke 4.43.
- Matthew 26.29, Mark 14.25.
- Luke 23.41–42.
- Matthew 19.24; Mark 10.25; Luke 18.25.
- For a critical introduction to the evidence and current state of
scholarship on the subject, see Eric Eve, The Healer from Nazareth:
Jesus’ Miracles in Historical Context (London: SPCK, 2009). For in-
dicative examples of others believed to be healers and exorcists at the
time, see Josephus, Antiquities 8.45–8; Lucian, Philopseudes 11, 16;
Origen, Contra Celsum 1.68. - Matthew 12.28, Luke 11.20.