life of Jesus
by Ernest Renan
of the French Academy
Ernest Renan
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To the pure Soul of my sister Henriette
In which the sources of this history are principally treated
Place of Jesus in the history of the world
Infancy and youth of Jesus, his first impressions
Education of Jesus
The order of thought which surrounded the development of Jesus
The first sayings of Jesus. The ideas of a divine father and of a purer religion. First disciples
John the Baptist. Visit of Jesus to John, and his abode in the desert of Judea. Adoption of the baptism of John
Development of the ideas of Jesus respecting the Kingdom of God
Jesus at Capernaum
The disciples of Jesus
The preaching on the lake
The Kingdom of God conceived as the ingeritance of the Poor
Embassy from John in prison to Jesus. Death of John. Relation of his school with that of Jesus
First attempts on Jerusalem
Intercourse of Jesus with the Pagans and the Samaritans
Commencement of the legends concerning Jesus. His own idea of his supernatural character
Miracles
Definitive form of the ideas of Jesus respecting the Kingdom of God
Institutions of Jesus
Increasing progression of enthusiasm and of exaltation
Opposition to Jesus
Last journey of Jesus to Jerusalem
Machinations of the enemies of Jesus
Last week of Jesus
Arrest and trial of Jesus
Death of Jesus
Jesus in the tomb
Fate of the enemies of Jesus
Essential character of the work of Jesus




The Life of Jesus is the fist book of The History of the Origins of Christianity
the fist chapter of the second book, the Apostles, is about the ressurection of Jesus:

Formation of beliefs relative to the ressurection of Jesus, the apparitions at Jerusalem
 
 
 
 
  History of the Origins of Christianity
   
I Life of Jesus
II the Apostles
III Saint Paul
IV The Antichrist
V The Gospels
VI The Christian Church
VII Marcus-Aurelius
     
     
     
  Ernest Renan : biography (in French)
  la vie de Jésus : original version (in French)
  Prayer on the Acropolis
  French-English dictionary online