Open debate: What does Jesus teach?

[Mudhammam]

I'm not willing to comment on what Paul may have re-written about jesus - because that would imply that we have any notion as to who jesus was or what he said in the first place. We have only the claims of others.

No doubt, and it doesn't help much that biblical scholarship seems to divide people along lines that have more to do with their personal beliefs than a more rigid science should seem to permit. I would suggest a really great place to start is Larry Hurtado's book "How On Earth Did Jesus Become a God?"

(By the way, I've heard he is a Christian but I really couldn't tell from reading his book and I think he even does a fine job of outlining a perfectly reasonable, naturalistic explanation for the transformation of Jesus into the Christ).