RE: Judaism and Origins of Christianity
August 26, 2012 at 11:27 pm
(This post was last modified: August 26, 2012 at 11:29 pm by Jeffonthenet.)
(August 26, 2012 at 5:04 am)Forsaken Wrote:(August 25, 2012 at 3:17 am)Forsaken Wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. I have read some materials by E.P. Sanders and not particularly impressed. His work start from the notion that a historical Jesus existed and then builds upon this premise. Confirmatory bias is something I can do without!
(August 25, 2012 at 10:09 am)Jeffonthenet Wrote: As far as I am aware, every scholar in a relevant field who has a teaching job believes that Jesus existed.
Let me rephrase:
His work start from the notion that a historical Jesus Christ, in the form of the divine Messiah, existed and then builds upon this premise.
The idea of a messiah existed in Judaism pre-Jesus certainly. And everyone recognizes that "Christ" was his title, and not his last name. However, that there was a historical Jesus who came from Nazereth is in no way disproved by these facts.
"the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate" (1 Cor. 1:19)
