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Recensions

These are what Brill has sent so far.

Choice Review

JETS

ZKTh

AEH (scroll to page 355)

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Some excerpts from other recensions:

“Various collections of Jesus research exist, each useful on its own level; this is the now most monumental and thorough, and many of its studies will be definitive. Probably no other work brings together the work of so many leading scholars on the topic in one place. The breadth of perspectives and approaches is also helpful; I do not believe that any of the major perspectives will feel left out. The overall effect averages out to the mainstream of sober historical Jesus research, including keeping Jesus in his first-century Jewish context. Such a wide collection of scholarship has the effect of representing the mainstream of scholarship, while a number of leading scholars also press new methodological boundaries in ways that appear to be fruitful. Clearly academic interest in historical Jesus scholarship is alive and well; the present version of it is also quite thoughtful and increasingly methodologically sophisticated. Especially at a time when many publishers are trimming back scholarship, scholars can be grateful to Brill for having published such a monumental work.”
Craig Keener, Palmer Theological Seminary

The Handbook for the Study of the Historical Jesus is a fascinating work on the development of the study of the historical Jesus. HSHJ’s distinctiveness is the variety of topics it covers related to the historical Jesus and the profundity of each article. The mixture of depth and breadth is unparalleled by other resources.
Garrett Trott, Corban University, Theological Librarianship. January 2012

[…]il faut convenir que l’on a affaire à une somme qui respecte pleinement la diversité des approches que souhaitaient honorer les Éd. Ils sont parvenus à mettre à disposition de la communauté scientifique à la fois un outil de travail de la plus grande utilité sur le plan méthodologique et une mine de renseignements.
Ch. Grappe, REVUE D’HISTOIRE ET DE PHILOSOPHIE RELIGIEUSES 2012, Tome 92 n° 3