Boy Jesus: Growing Up Judean in Turbulent Times

by Joan Taylor

Publisher:

HarperCollins

, 2025

Overview

As a boy, Jesus was a refugee, an outsider, an immigrant in Galilee in which he grew up, and affected by horrific atrocities by the occupying Roman overlords.

All this and more is explored in this scholarly but highly accessible investigation into the world of Jesus, ranging from his birth to his coming of age and beyond. Joan Taylor, a world authority on the history and literature of the first century CE, draws both on the latest archaeological findings and on the historical clues to be found within ancient texts of the period. The result is a book that brings the story of Jesus' childhood clearly and vividly to life as never before, while also pointing to the many ways in which Jesus' experiences as a child are likely to have influenced his life, attitudes, and actions as an adult.

Key Features

• Exposes an accessible investigation into the world of Jesus.
• Draws both on the latest archaeological findings and on the historical clues.
• Brings the story of Jesus’ childhood clearly and vividly to life as never before.

Product Details

• Title: Boy Jesus: Growing Up Judean in Turbulent Times
• Author: Joan Taylor
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Pages: 384
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9780310174684, 0310174686
• Resource ID: LLS:BYJSSGTRBLNTTMS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-11-15T19:00:25Z

About Joan Taylor

Joan Taylor, is Professor Emerita of Christian Origins and Second Temple Judaism, King's College London, and Honorary Professor in Biblical and Early Christian Studies, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. Her recent books include The Essenes, the Scrolls and the Dead Sea (OUP, 2012), What Did Jesus Look Like? (Bloomsbury, 2018) and (with Helen Bond) Women Remembered: Jesus' Female Disciples (Hodder, 2022).