RE: Josephus and other contemporaries on Jesus
July 12, 2018 at 5:50 pm
(This post was last modified: July 12, 2018 at 5:53 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The details don;t match (when they don;t - and they largely do) based upon the subtle differences between the theology and christology of Mark, Mathew, Luke, and John. Additionally, because each of the authors was writing from a different time and place, and different circumstances..to a different audience. Mark was likely a gentile christian in rome. Mathew a jewish christian in syria. Luke..maybe rome, but maybe ceasarea. John, ephesus.
Brings us round to some narrative points of interest. There are differences in each unique to the authors..but none are in the first person. There are no I"s or "we"s...hell, john is a mind reader on the level of professor xavier. Elements of hellenic syncretism are presnt in all four (what you interpret as doubt...jair, is just a function of how the people who wrote these things learned to write - the chorus)..and, I breifly mentioned this earlier..but it;s an important narrative, -because- it;s in all four.
IIRC, it shares that pride of place with just one other story. The crucifixion. One wonders what more one would need for christianity beyond those two stories. If I ever teach my kids about magic book...those are the two I;d reach for.
Brings us round to some narrative points of interest. There are differences in each unique to the authors..but none are in the first person. There are no I"s or "we"s...hell, john is a mind reader on the level of professor xavier. Elements of hellenic syncretism are presnt in all four (what you interpret as doubt...jair, is just a function of how the people who wrote these things learned to write - the chorus)..and, I breifly mentioned this earlier..but it;s an important narrative, -because- it;s in all four.
IIRC, it shares that pride of place with just one other story. The crucifixion. One wonders what more one would need for christianity beyond those two stories. If I ever teach my kids about magic book...those are the two I;d reach for.
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