This volume brings together some of Jeremias's best-known works on historical Jesus research and core issues concerning Gospel tradition. It features foundational questions in historical Jesus research plus Aramaic backgrounds of the Gospels.

K. C. Hanson has taught biblical studies at Episcopal Theological School and the School of Theology at Claremont, Creighton University, and St. Olaf College. He is author of numerous scholarly articles and two volumes in the Proclamation series. His published works include Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts (Fortress Press, 1998).