Abesamis, Carlos, S.J. A Third Look at Jesus.  
From Claretian Press: "A must-read for Christians facing the challenges of the third millennium. The book is one of the ripened fruits of Fr. Abesamis' life and study as a Bible scholar, a friend of the poor, and a committed advocate for justice and wholeness. Lay-friendly, it is one book that is within reach of anyone who wishes to re-discover the total Jesus. At once personal and scholarly, the book speaks to the heart, the mind and the spirit, and a reflective reading of it will certainly disturb the roots of Christian indifference and mediocrity. A Third Look at Jesus is a key to bringing Jesus closer to the lives of the ever-growing millions of poor people in Asia."  
BT 207 .A247 2000 http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/religious_studies/Jesus/3rdlook.htm 

Allen, Charlotte. The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus.  
New York: Free Press, 1998.  
Historians have argued for generations over the true biography of Jesus. Now "The Human Christ" attempts to show that all their approaches were fundamentally biased, and presents--from a Christian perspective--a dramatic rediscovery of the humanity and power of Christ's life and teachings.  
XXBT301.9 .A45 1998 

Arnal, William E. and Michel Desjardins, eds. Whose Historical Jesus?  Studies in Christianity and Judaism, 7. Waterloo, Ont.: Published by Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1997.  
BT 303.2 .W467 1997  
  
Borg, Marcus. Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith.  San Francisco: HarperSanfrancisco, 1994.  
A leading biblical scholar's examination shows how today's historical Jesus research, far from being destructive, can lead to an intelligent and sustaining faith.  
BT 303.2 .B59 1994  

Brown, Raymond Edward. The Birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in Matthew and Luke.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1977.  
BS 2575.2 .B76  

________.  The Death of the Messiah: From Gethsemane to the Grave: A Commentary on the Passion Narratives in the Four Gospels.  New York: Doubleday, 1994.  
BS 2555.3 .B7633 1994 v. 1  
BS 2555.3 .B7633 1994 v. 2 

Crossan, John Dominic. The Essential Jesus: Original Sayings and Earliest Images.  San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994.  
BT 306 .C75 1994  

________. Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography.  San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994.  
BT 301.2 .C77 1994  

________. The Historical Jesus: The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant.  San Francisco: HarperSanfrancisco, 1991.  
Crossan's book is a rigorous exploration of the anthropological, historical, and literary issues surrounding what we can know about Jesus of Nazareth. This work is by no means an unfavorable portrait of the Galilean. In fact, reading this book may make one realize what it was about this peasant and his "ragtag followers" that has made a 2,000-year impact on Western Civilization.  
BT 301.2 .C76 1991  

Davis, Stephen, et al, eds.  The Resurrection: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Resurrection of Jesus. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.  
BT 481 .R449 1997  

From Jesus to Christ [videorecording]: The First Christians/ Frontline Producers, WGBH Boston; written and produced by Marilyn Mellowes.  Alexandria, Va.: Distributed by PBS Home Video, 1998. 4 videocassettes.  
BR 129 .F766 1998  

Funk, Robert and the Jesus Seminar.  The Five Gospels : The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus: New Translation and Commentary.  New York: MacMillan,  1993.  
A new study of the gospels by biblical scholars who make up the Jesus Seminar determines, based on historical and literary factors, that twenty percent or less of sayings traditionally accredited to Jesus were actually uttered by him  
BS 2553 .S24 1993  

________ and the Jesus Seminar.  The Acts of Jesus: The Search for the Authentic Deeds of Jesus. San Francisco: HarperSanfrancisco, 1998.  
The Jesus Seminar attempts in this book to listen closely to the Greek styles of the Original texts, then to render each distinctive voice in modern English. Consequently, Luke sounds like a good college English professor, but Mark sounds rougher, likestreet language. The text is color-coded--words in red indicate events that the translators believe to have actually taken place, for instance--and the volume also includes exhaustive commentary and indices by the members of the Jesus Seminar. Only the heartiest of readers will make use of all this auxiliary information. For most of us, the freshness of the language ("You scholars and Pharisees, you impostors! Damn you! You slam the door of Heaven's domain in people's faces.") is the most valuable discovery in the book.  
BT 301.9 .A37 1998  

Herzog, William II. Jesus, Justice, and The Reign of God : A Ministry of Liberation. Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, 2000.  
Herzog presents a Jesus who was fiercely political and one who threw himself dead-center into the economic and religious turmoil inherent in Roman and Herodian dominated Palestine. 
BT303.2 .H479 2000 

Hoffmann, Paul. Tradition und Situation: Studien zur Jesusüberlieferung in der Logienquelle und den synoptischen Evangelien. Münster : Aschendorff, 1995.  
BS 2415 .H644 1995 

Johnson, Luke Timothy. The Real Jesus: The Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and The Truth of the Traditional Gospels.  San Francisco: HarperSanfrancisco, 1996.  
In the first book to challenge the findings of the Jesus Seminar, the controversial group of scholars who claim Jesus only said 18 percent of what the Gospels attribute to him, Johnson shows that the "real Jesus" is the one experienced in the present through faith rather than the one found in speculative historical reconstructions. Book cover image from Amazon.  
BT 301.9 .J64 1996  

Lövestam, Evald. Jesus and "this Generation": A New Testament Study. Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1995.  
BT 306 .L684 1995  

Meier, John P. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus.  2 Volumes. New York: Doubleday, 1991.  
Unlike other hyped up works on the "historical Jesus", Meier's series makes no sensationalistic theses. Instead, it soberly weighs the available evidence and reaches measured, tentative conclusions after a detailed review of the background of biblical scholarship. Although this is not a best-seller formula, it does make for what is perhaps the best introduction available to historical Jesus scholarship. Perhaps its one weak point is that so much material is considered of interest to  specialists and relegated to notes, that the reader finds himself going through each chapter twice: once in the body of the text, and once in the endnotes.  
BT 303.2 .M465 1991  

Patterson, Stephen J. The God of Jesus: The Historical Jesus and The Search for Meaning. Harrisburg, Pa.: Trinity Press International, 1998.  
BT 303.2 .P38 1998  

Rousseau, John J., and Rami Arav, Jesus and His World: An Archaeological Cultural Dictionary.  Minneapolis : Fortress Press,1995.  
Designed for teachers, students, and general readers, this book offers reliable and up-to-date information about important sites, persons, customs, and other facts of life that are important for understanding Jesus and his cultural setting. The 108 entries are arranged alphabetically for easy reference. Also includes tables, charts, glossary, bibliography, indexes, and more.  
BS 2406.5 .R687 1995  

Sanders, E.P. Jesus and Judaism.  London: SCM Press, 1985.  
BT 590 .J8 S26 1985  

________. The Historical Figure of Jesus.  London: Penguin Press, 1993.  
Moving beyond the certainties about Jesus' historical context, principal teachings, activities, and followers, Sanders offers a fresh, enlightening approach and provides a generally convincing picture of the "real" Jesus, set within the world of Palestinian Judaism. Book cover image from Amazon.  
BT 301.2 .S254 1993  

Shorto, Russell. Gospel Truth: The New Image of Jesus Emerging from Science and History and Why It Matters.  New York: Riverhead Books, 1997.  
This volume sums up the latest research on the historical Jesus. Without taking sides, the author draws a fascinating picture of Jesus the man by approaching the topic from all available angles, such as his Greekness, his Jewishness, his miracles, and his message.  
BT 304.94 .S56 1997  

Stanton, Graham. Gospel Truth? New Light on Jesus and the Gospels.  Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1995.  
BS 2555.2 .S667 1995  

Sung, Chong-Hyon. Vergebung der Sünden: Jesu Praxis der Sündenvergebung nach den Synoptikern und ihre Voraussetzungen im Alten Testament und frühen Judentum. Tübingen : J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1993.  
XXBT795 .S760 1993  

Schweitzer, Albert. The Quest for the Historical Jesus; A Critical Study of its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede.  Translated by W. Montgomery from the German edition 'Von Reimarus zu Wrede,' 1906.  New York: Macmillan, 1959.  
BT 303 .S42 1959  

Theissen, Gerd. The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide. Trans. John Bowden. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1998.  
BT 297 .T4713 1998  

Thomas, Robert L. and F. David Farnell, eds. The Jesus Crisis: The Inroads of Historical Criticism into Evangelical Scholarship. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1998.  
BS 520 .J47 1998  

Twelftree, Graham H. Jesus the Exorcist: A Contribution to the Study of the Historical Jesus. Tübingen : Mohr, 1993.  
BT 303.2 .T845 1993  

Vermes, Geza. The Religion of Jesus the Jew.  Minneapolis: Fortress, Press, 1993.  
BS 2415 .V43 1993  

Wilkins, Michael and Moreland, J.P., eds.  Jesus under Fire.  Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1995.  
This volume questions the findings of the Jesus Seminar that have challenged the biblical record of Jesus and his life and ministry, and presents rationally grounded affirmations of the traditional biblical teachings.  
BT 198 .J477 1995  

Witherington, Ben, III. Jesus the Sage: The Pilgrimage of Wisdom.  Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1994.  
Entering into the renewed and sometimes confusing attempts to comprehend the work of Jesus of Nazareth and his person, this volume guides the reader through a vast complex of ancient documents and contemporary questions. It shows that Jesus' contemporaries viewed Jesus as a Jewish prophetic sage whose teaching and style were a reflection of the convergence of Hebrew wisdom and prophetic forms and ideas.  
BS 1455 .W57 1994  

Wright, N.T. The Original Jesus: The Life and Vision of a Revolutionary.  Grand Rapids, Mich: Eerdmans, 1996.  
Wright is masterful in relating, simply but not simplistically, how Jesus, as a Jew, related his mission to the great themes of the Jewish Scriptures. Many questions that linger in the recesses of people's spiritual closets are clearly answered without being technical or weighty. This is a very good book to share to anyone, especially those in a Judaic or Arabic background or faith tradition, who is asking about the Messiah from Nazareth  
BT 301.9 .W746 1996  

Young, Brad H. Jesus the Jewish Theologian.  Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, 1995.  
BT 590 .J8 Y68 1995