Abstract:
Current historical Jesus research produces a variety of profiles of Jesus. In a series of articles two compatible constracts of Jesus (those of John Dominic Crossan and Andries van Aarde) will first be discussed and, second, two ireconcilible constructs (those of Robert F Funk and Walter Schmithals). The
profiles of Jesus are depicted from the perspective of the researcher's view on the
continuity and discontinuity between Jesus and early Christianity and the
relevance of historical Jesus research for church and theology. This article
focuses on John Dominic Crossan's view on Jesus the peasant.
