The Jesus of History - George Mason University

The Jesus of History

OLLI ¨C Winter 2018

Presented By: Jack Dalby

?

?

Jesus To Return By 2050

?

By the year 2050, 41% of Americans

believe that Jesus Christ definitely (23%)

or probably (18%) will have returned to

earth.

Who Do You Say I Am?

?

Zealot

Marxist

Feminist

Prophet

Son of God Apocalypticist

Magician

God

Can We Know The Real Jesus?

?

¡°We

cannot know the real Jesus through

historical research, whether we mean his total

reality or just a reasonably complete biographical

portrait." However, modern historical research

does allow scholars to recover enough

information to form a "faint outline of a faded

fresco that allows of many interpretations."

Father John Meier

¡°A Marginal Jew"

An Additional Problem

?

"It is impossible to avoid the suspicion

that historical Jesus research is a very safe

place to do theology and call it history, to do

autobiography and call it biography.¡±

John Dominic Crossan

 ................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download