TY - BOOK AU - Belliotti,Raymond A. TI - Jesus or Nietzsche: how should we live our lives? T2 - Value inquiry book series SN - 9401209251 (electronic bk.) AV - B3317 .B45 2013 U1 - 193 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Amsterdam PB - Editions Rodopi KW - Jesus Christ. KW - Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, KW - Christian life KW - PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This book reconstructs the cornerstones of Jesus's moral teachings about how to lead a good, even exemplary, human life. It does so in a way that is compatible with the most prominent, competing versions of the historical Jesus. The work also contrast Jesus' understanding of the best way to lead our lives with that of Friedrich Nietzsche. Both Jesus and Nietzsche were self-consciously moral revolutionaries. Jesus refashioned the imperatives of Jewish law to conform to what he was firmly convinced was the divine will. Nietzsche aspired to transvalue the dominant values of his time -which themse UR - http://site.ebrary.com/id/10698702 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=578911 ER -