The historical Jesus and the sayings tradition
This contribution raises some questions concerning the North American debate about the historical Jesus. Firstly, the methodological problem of how to go beyond the multiple pictures of Jesus we have in the sources to the historical person himself, will be discussed. The relationship between text an...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1996
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Neotestamentica
Year: 1996, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 151-168 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Crossan B Historicity B Christianity B Jesus Christ |
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| Summary: | This contribution raises some questions concerning the North American debate about the historical Jesus. Firstly, the methodological problem of how to go beyond the multiple pictures of Jesus we have in the sources to the historical person himself, will be discussed. The relationship between text and reality is not simply a matter that can be solved by distinguishing between 'originality' and later interpretation. Secondly, some aspects of the work of J. D. Crossan will be discussed. It is neither clear that multiple attestation as used by Crossan is a criterion for authenticity nor that all the writings he refers to are independent. Finally it will be argued that the early Christian writings are not to be taken as storages of authentic words of Jesus but as sources for diversity. It is therefore questionable whether the so called 'Third Quest for the historical Jesus' is a plausible approach to descriptionbe the beginnings of Christianity. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/AJA2548356_437 |