An authoritative handbook on Jesus, his world, the outcomes of his life, and the quests to locate him in history.    The Jesus Handbook  is an indispensable reference work featuring essays from an international team of renowned scholars on the significance and meaning of the life of Jesus of Nazareth. Rooted in historical-critical methodology, it emphasizes a diversity of perspectives and provides a spectrum of possible interpretations rather than a single unified portrait of Jesus. The  Handbook ’s dozens of authors—Jewish, Roman Catholic, and Protestant—all remain committed to the principle of interpreting the life of Jesus  in context , while also giving due diligence to the implications of archaeological evidence and recent discourses in the hermeneutics of history.   After an introduction that lays out the considerations of the task at hand, the authors survey the history of Jesus research and take a close look at the historical material itself—textual and otherwise. From this foundation, the  Handbook  then details the life of Jesus before at last exploring the reception and effects of Jesus’s life after his death, especially in the first centuries CE. With this wealth of information available in a single volume, scholars and students of the New Testament and early Christianity—and anyone interested in the search for the historical Jesus—will find  The Jesus Handbook  to be a resource that they return to time and again for both its breadth and depth. Contributors: Sven-Olav Back, Knut Backhaus, Reinhard von Bendemann, Albrecht Beutel, Darrell L. Bock, Martina Böhm, Cilliers Breytenbach, James G. Crossley, Lutz Doering, Martin Ebner, Craig A. Evans, Jörg Frey, Yair Furstenberg, Simon Gathercole, Christine Gerber, Katharina Heyden, Friedrich W. Horn, Stephen Hultgren, Christine Jacobi, Jeremiah J. Johnston, Thomas Kazen, Chris Keith, John S. Kloppenborg, Bernd Kollmann, Michael Labahn, Hermut Löhr, Steve Mason, Tobias Nicklas, Markus Öhler, Martin Ohst, Karl-Heinrich Ostmeyer, James Carleton Paget, Rachel Schär, Eckart David Schmidt, Jens Schröter, Daniel R. Schwartz, Markus Tiwald, David du Toit, Joseph Verheyden, Samuel Vollenweider, Ulrich Volp, Annette Weissenrieder, Michael Wolter, Jürgen K. Zangenberg, Christiane Zimmermann, and Ruben Zimmermann. Calvin Theological Journal “English-speaking scholarship is surely advanced by the translation of this penetrating and sophisticated handbook, which will serve not only scholars working in the field of historical Jesus research but also serious students of the Gospels who desire a deeper awareness of the historical insights that have emerged from this long-running discussion and, as such, this volume ought to be on the shelves of every theological library.” The Journal of Theological Studies “Eerdmans here adds to a growing list of handbooks, encyclopedias, and comprehensive guides to the study of the historical Jesus.” Religious Studies Review “These essays will be tough sledding for non-specialists, but scholars will appreciate the up-to-date, methodologically informed overviews, above all, those from German scholars whose work has only rarely appeared in translation.” Jens Schröter  is professor of New Testament and ancient Christian apocrypha at Humboldt University of Berlin. Christine Jacobi  is visiting professor of New Testament and ancient Christian apocrypha at Humboldt University of Berlin. There is no author information available at this time. Dale C. Allison Jr. is the Richard J. Dearborn Professor of New Testament Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary. His academic research focuses on the historical Jesus, the Gospel of Matthew, Second Temple Judaism, and the history of the interpretation and application of biblical texts. His numerous books include Interpreting Jesus , His numerous books include Constructing Jesus: Memory, Imagination, and History , The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus ,  Encountering Mystery: Religious Experience in a Secular Age , and Interpreting Jesus .