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The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasa"He comes as yet unknown into a hamlet of Lower Galilee. He is watched by the cold, hard eyes of peasants living long enough at a subsistence level to know exactly where the line is drawn between poverty and destitution. He looks like a beggar yet his eyes lack the proper cringe, his voice the proper whine, his walk the proper shuffle. He speaks about the rule of God and they listen as much from curiosity as anything else. They know all about rule and
"He comes as yet unknown into a hamlet of Lower Galilee. He is watched by the cold, hard eyes of peasants living long enough at a subsistence level to know exactly where the line is drawn between poverty and destitution. He looks like a beggar yet his eyes lack the proper cringe, his voice the proper whine, his walk the proper shuffle. He speaks about the rule of God and they listen as much from curiosity as anything else. They know all about rule and power, about kingdom and empire, but they know it in terms of tax and debt, malnutrition and sickness, agrarian oppression and demonic possession. What, they really want to know, can this kingdom of God do for a lame child, a blind parent, a demented soul screaming its tortured isolation among the graves that mark the edges of the village?"–– from "The Gospel of Jesus," overture to The Historical Jesus
The Historical Jesus reveals the true Jesus––who he was, what he did, what he said. It opens with "The Gospel of Jesus," Crossan's studied determination of Jesus' actual words and actions stripped of any subsequent additions and placed in a capsule account of his life story. The Jesus who emerges is a savvy and courageous Jewish Mediterranean peasant, a radical social revolutionary, with a rhapsodic vision of economic, political, and religious egalitarianism and a social program for creating it.
The conventional wisdom of critical historical scholarship has long held that too little is known about the historical Jesus to say definitively much more than that he lived and had a tremendous impact on his followers. "There were always historians who said it could not be done because of historical problems," writes Crossan. "There were always theologians who said it should not be done because of theological objections. And there were always scholars who said the former when they meant the latter.'
With this ground–breaking work, John Dominic Crossan emphatically sweeps these notions aside. He demonstrates that Jesus is actually one of the best documented figures in ancient history; the challenge is the complexity of the sources. The vivid portrayal of Jesus that emerges from Crossan's unique methodology combines the complementary disciplines of social anthropology, Greco–Roman history, and the literary analysis of specific pronouncements, anecdotes, confessions and interpretations involving Jesus. All three levels cooperate equally and fully in an effective synthesis that provides the most definitive presentation of the historical Jesus yet attained.
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Quality wine opener.
Color: 7-in-1 Silver, Size: Rechargeable Set
I really like this wine opener. It's well made. The foil cutter is metal unlike the last one I had that was plastic and broke. The wine stopper works well to take air out of the bottle and seal it. It also has a cool blue light that comes on when in use and charging.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2026
★★★★★ 5
works great
Color: 7-in-1 Silver, Size: Rechargeable Set
I bought this as a gift for friends and they love it. They use it all the time. It works great and the accessories are nice too. The have had it for 3 months and it seems to be holding up well.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Works great keep it charged
Color: 7-in-1 Silver, Size: Rechargeable Set
If you drink wine and you have a cork in your wine bottles, this opener works great Keep it charged.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Great for wine people
Color: 7-in-1 Silver, Size: Rechargeable Set
I have one of these and like it so much I bought one for a Christmas gift
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Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Like that it can be charged while it's stored
Color: 7-in-1 Silver, Size: Rechargeable Set
I like that this wine bottle opener can be charged on the stand, making it always ready to perform. No worry about batteries or needing a charge before the dinner/party. It's handy to have the foil cutter and aerator beside the bottle opener and the stoppers which use the end of the bottle opener to remove air from partial bottles for temporary storage were a plus!
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Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2026