John Dominic Crossan

John Dominic Crossan book reviews

• Who Killed Jesus?: Exposing the Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Gospel Story of the Death of Jesus

  Important read

  by revalice, Nov 24, 2011

  In order to understand Jesus in our times, you must read this book by Crossan. The death of Jesus at the hands of the Roman government came after a life of living and teaching non-violence under ... Read More

• Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography

  Same old stuff

  by caryl e, Apr 21, 2011

  from the reviews of the the author and that he is an ex priest, I hoped this would be entirely revised view of the story of Jesus; but it is not. So disappointed. Read More

• The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary Behind the Church's Conservative Icon

  Who wrote the Pauline letters?

  by doubtingJudy, Aug 6, 2009

  Though this book is supposed to be coauthored by both Crossan and Borg, I think it has more of Crossan's thought than Borg's. The premise is that only 7 of the Pauline letters in the NT were ... Read More