An introduction to the continuum approach / Tom Holmén -- Mamzerut and Jesus / Bruce Chilton -- Sexuality and the historical Jesus / William Loader -- How a woman who fought back and demanded her rights became an importunate widow : the transformations of a parable of Jesus / Annette Merz -- Son of Man as kingdom imagery : Jesus between corporate symbol and individual redeemer figure / Thomas Kazen -- Jesus and the 'servant' community in Zion : continuity in context / Sean Freyne -- Jesus and the priests of Israel / Edwin K. Broadhead -- The death of Jesus from a historical perspective / Ingo Broer