James G. Crossley is Lecturer in New Testament Studies in the Department of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield.

Contemporary Gospel studies have recently taken increasing interest in the Jewish context of Jesus and the gospels

Part I Introduction; Chapter 1 Identity, Judaism, and the Gospel Tradition, James G. Crossley; Part II Judaism, Jewish Identities and the Gospel Tradition; Chapter 2 Eschatological Wisdom and the Kingship of God: light from Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls on the Teaching of Jesus?, George J. Brooke; Chapter 3 The Aramaic Lord's Prayer, Bruce Chilton; Chapter 4 The Expression "Son of Man" in the Gospels, Mogens Müller; Chapter 5 God Talk and Men's Talk: Jesus, Tarfon and Ishmael in Dialogue, Andrew R. Angel; Chapter 6 Mark's Christology and a Scholarly Creation of a Non-Jewish Christ of Faith, James G. Crossley; Chapter 7 The Gerasene Demoniac: A Jewish Approach to Liberation before 70 ce, Daniel Cohen; Chapter 8 Poverty, Hunger, Going Barefoot, and Homesickness in Lk. 15.11-32, Roger David Aus; Chapter 9 Seeing the Glory: The Reception of Isaiah's Call-vision in Jn 12.41, Catrin H. Williams; Chapter 10 , Wendy E. S. North;