Historical Jesus

Throughout his article “Rethinking Fundamental Theology”, O’Collins provides an analysis of the ideas surrounding the legitimacy of the revelation surrounding Jesus’ resurrection. O’Collins’ primary argument is that in order to believe in God, we must also believe in those who personally bore witness to his divinity. O’Collins goes on to outline three positions academics take with regards to the legitimacy of the resurrection. These include: (1) faith without reason, (2) faith based on evidence…

I will be talking about what I believe to be true from what Jesus tells us in the Bible, about being the Son of God and how He was here to die on the cross for our sins, showing everyone who He was and who ever believe in Him is save, or healed if they were sick. In this paper, I will be talking about the trustworthiness and historicity of the Gospels. The historical reliability of the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ miracles, and did Jesus claim to be God. Did his disciples believe he was God? The…

the law taught by Moses.” Jesus said that he didn’t come to bring a new law but to fulfill the old (Mathew 5: 17). There is a historical continuity between the Old Law and the Sermon. The Sermon explains and clarifies the Law that was taught by Moses. These clarifications are evident throughout Jesus’s suggestions and recommendations. For example, Jesus said that people “shall not murder.” This statement reconfirmed the Torah’s Commandment, “You shall not murder.” Jesus expanded this…

"Gospel" is a Greek word (euangelion) that arrived at Spanish through evangelium and the Latin word which literally means good news. This good news concerns the life and preaching of Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God made man. There are four gospels: Gospel of Matthew (Mt), Mark (Mk), Lucas (Lc), John (John). Part of Sacred Scripture and in particular the New Testament. Therefore they belong to the canon of Scripture, which is "the complete list of the sacred writings, that the…

Gospels and Epistles Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are the four Gospels which contain the rich history of Jesus ' life, death and Resurrection, which is the Good News that we as His follower 's need to share with other people (New International Version, Matthew 5:14-16). These books were written as eyewitness narratives of Jesus ' miracles and teachings so they are accurate historical records of Jesus ' life and sayings as a man here on earth. The epistles contain parts of theology and…

dimensions elicit? How does understanding these dimensions of the text help you interpret the text? What other dimensions of the text might you be attentive to (besides these four)? The four dimensions mentioned in ch1 consist of anthropological, historical, literacy, and religious. To begin with, the anthropological approach informs readers that the compositions of the New Testament are of human construct; hence, they are “limited in perception of the world” (Johnson 3). Therefore, the reader…

perfect specimen. Delio expands on the complexity of Jesus and his relationship with his humanity, divinity, and human history: “If we separate Christ from the Trinity, the figure Christ loses all credibility. Christ then becomes a new Socrates or some other great prophet, a great and holy figure but not divine. Yet, if we sever Christ from his humanity, he…

my later improvement when compared to my last few essays. The second paper I included was my third reflection which discusses Luke Timothy Johnson’s perspective on Jesus. In this paper I explore the idea of a…

and the Jesus Seminar has been an ongoing struggle since 1985. The Jesus Seminar, founded by Robert Funk, originated in 1985 as around 70 biblical scholars set out to determine the legitimacy of Jesus’ sayings (Dart). The Seminar focused on the historicity of Jesus using the best methods of science and literary criticism as it pertains to the Bible. Funk believed that the gospel writers had made Jesus into a “larger than life” figure in order to satisfy their religious desires. The Jesus…

commonly accepted by virtually most historians that Jesus, Christianity’s prominent figure, is a historical figure. However, the historicity of Jesus has caused a significant amount of speculation as little is known about Jesus’ life. It is believed, however, that Jesus had siblings and was a devout Jew. Although the childhood of Jesus is virtually unknown to historians, his adulthood is known due to the New Testament. The New Testament gave insight on Jesus’ life and teachings; moreover,…