Una buena exposición que permite identificar de mejor manera los grupos sociales y religiosos con los que Jesús estuvo o podría haber esta relacionado.
Se puntualizan algunas ideas sobre coincidencias y diferencias que surgen en otras obras que no tienen suficiente rigor. ( )

> Focant Camille. John P. Meier, Un certain Juif Jésus. Les données de l'histoire. T. I. Les sources, les origines, les dates. ;
T. II. La parole et les gestes. ; T. III. Attachements, affrontements, ruptures. Traduit de l'anglais par Jean-Bernard Degorce, Charles Ehlinger et Noël Lucas (coll. Lectio Divina). 2004 et 2005.
In: Revue théologique de Louvain, 37ᵉ année, fasc. 4, 2006. pp. 545-553. … ; (en ligne)
URL : https://www.persee.fr/doc/thlou_0080-2654_2006_num_37_4_3550_t1_0545_0000_1

No man is an island, not even Jesus, as John Meier writes in Companions and Competitors, the third installment of his four-part series, A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. The first volume, an overview of Jesus' background, chronology, and early years, was followed by a second that analyzed Jesus' most important messages and deeds. Here, Meier explains his conviction that "No human being is adequately understood if he or she is considered in isolation from other human beings." He leads readers through the concentric circles of companions (including the followers who became his disciples and apostles) and competitors (such as Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Samaritans) that shaped Jesus' life in first-century Palestine. Meier, a priest and New Testament scholar at Notre Dame, writes in the engaging, methodical style of an astringently avuncular professor: chapters are carefully outlined, with straightforward headings such as "Points of Comparison and Contrast," "Caveats on Comparisons," and "The Sheer Oddness of Jesus"). His findings, particularly his explanation of "the essentially Jewish nature" of Jesus' relationships, are a valuable addition to the field of Historical Jesus scholarship.

John P. Meier is William K. Warren Professor of Theology (New Testament) at the University of Notre Dame and the author of A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. He has also written six other books and over seventy articles. At various times he has been the editor or associate editor of The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, New Testament Studies, and Dead Sea Discoveries. ( )