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Historical Jesus: Scholars
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The study of the historical Jesus begins with identifying what he really said. There is no other way to start. Yet, for a long time scholars actually started in the opposite direction. They started with looking for what Jesus really did. Why?
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In Latin America, biblical scholars are used to see the Historical Jesus as the leader of a popular movement of liberation of the peasant and poor people of Israelite cities. Some people say that this image of the Historical Jesus is born out of a Marxist stance, so it is not reliable nor scientific. The same charge... could be leveled against other attempts to define a sociological portrait of Jesus. So, there would be an ideology-free method to recover and reconstruct the image of the historical Jesus? Or else, would that goal a worth one to be pursued?
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If this is the strongest and earliest extrabiblical evidence for the historical Jesus, then the scholarship is on the shakiest grounds. That passage from Josephus has been shown conclusively to be a forgery, and even conservative scholars admit that it has been tampered with. But even were it historical, it dates from more than six decades after the supposed death of Jesus.
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Scholarly study of "the historical Jesus" appears to be an attempt by historians to strip away the deity and importance of Jesus Christ. It is interesting how these academicians ignore much of what the Bible has to say about Jesus and exchange it for hearsay, speculation, and the commentaries of their colleagues. They then come up with a weak and watered down version of Jesus, the Creator of the universe.
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The search for the “Historical Jesus” is a rather recent undertaking of so-called scholars and realists, who look to dissect the Biblical record and paint a real picture of the man, Jesus. For about the last 100 years, including most recently, the
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The last week of class students will have an opportunity to present their findings about the ethics of the historical Jesus. This presentation could be in the form of an academic paper that could presented at a professional meeting; it could be in the form of an annotated web-site; or some other format so long as it is approved by the professor. Students are encouraged to work in groups of 2-4 on this project. This is where the students become the scholars. In fact, I want to encourage students to put together a presentation that can be submitted to a professional organization such as the SBL/AAR/ASSR/ASOR Southwest Regional Meeting to be held March 9-10 in Irving Texas (check http://www.baylor.edu/Religion/SWCRS/index.htm for specific information). Students who submit a proposal (by October 6, 2001) for the student section will receive an extra 5 points (on 100 point scale) on their presentation; students whose proposals are accepted will receive an extra 10 points (on 100 point scale) on their presentation.
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