The life of a Galilean shaman: Jesus of Nazareth in anthropological-historical perspective

Abstract

Part I: A ParadigmShift inHistoricalJesusHistoriography 1.Historiography beyond Positivism and Postmodernism 2. An Analysis of Current Historical Jesus Research 3. A New Road for Historical Jesus Research: Cultural Bundubashing 4. In the Beginning Was a Social Personage and Cultural Artefacts Part II: A Model of Shamanic Figures 5. The Shamanic Complex: A Social-Type Model 6. Components of a First-Century (Shamanic) Worldview 7. The Shamanic Complex and Ancient Societies Part III: Jesus and the Shamanic Complex 8. Baptism and Spirit-Possession Experiences 9. Healing, Exorcism, and the Control of Spirits 10. Teaching, Preaching, and Prophetic Activities 11. Constituting a Galilean Shamanic Figure by Means of Infancy Narratives 12. Afterlife for Someone Like a Galilean Shamanic Figure Conclusion: Someone Like a Galilean Shamanic Figure?