YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Historical Jesus in 3 Views
Essays 31 - 60
Luke 2.1 there is also the reference to the birth taking place in the time of the census of Quirinius, this was in 6 CE2, however ...
For example, Bostick (1935) makes copious use of footnotes, drawing on the works of Plato and Xenophon, who were two of Socrates d...
born a Jew and lived under the Jewish law and system (Galatians 4:4). * Jesus life was characterized by service and humility (Phil...
because only men paid taxes. The presence of his fianc?e or wife would be redundant" (Robinson, 1999; xmas_dir.htm#where). And, it...
son, to God is record in Genesis 22. God instructed Abraham to take "your son, your only son, whom you love-Isaac-and go to the re...
If we show that Jesus Christ is the Second Person in the Holy Trinity, we also demonstrate that Jesus is the Son of God, which is ...
John was familiar with Jewish ideas regarding the Messiah. He incorporated those ideas into his Gospel. He gently brings about the...
This essay focuses on two main topic areas but comments on other issues such as the connexion structure of the Methodist church, w...
at the rights and role of women in Palestine during the time of Jesus, and interpret his reported words within that context. The...
2004, p. 291). Another characteristic that was demonstrated by Jesus was his humility. John, chapter 13, describes how Jesus, pr...
are disciplined and they are able to see the Gestalt, the big picture.2 They know what they want to accomplish and even know how l...
a mentoring leader, He gave them more and more responsibility so they would be able to carry on after He left.4 For instance, in L...
as actively participating in his fate, rather than demonstrating passive acceptance. In the synoptic gospels, action is, for the m...
However, the historical record indicates that it was not long before the image of Jesus began to be detached from the historical J...
perhaps even more interesting, is that he managed to connect to everyone. His stories and parables could be understood on the mos...
to be the so-called "Corinthian Gate," and that this was the place where "the crippled man had been placed so that he could beg f...
Gospel of Matthew it is noted that "When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against...
from a degree of torment, the sources of our greatest joys lying awkwardly close to those of our greatest pain" (De Botton 215). ...
Greco-Roman thought and tradition. Nevertheless, traditionally, Christian scholars have been extremely reluctant to give credit fo...
move allowed him to lead a life of leisure rather than one of hard work and he spent a great deal of time "in religious contemplat...
men" (Jeffrey, 1990). Each taught a new truth as commanded by God, each performed miracles, both spent their childhoods in Egypt, ...
in a primarily passive manner (Weaver, 1995). To put it simply, in the other gospels, for the most part, Jesus is silent. In John,...
is far more to life than just that of worldly possessions -- it taught the value of life at its purist form. These same teachings...
analysis will explore the meaning of Jesus baptism in relation to faith and the position of the Christian in the often skeptical a...
Christs work on earth, His incarnation, His passion and death and His resurrection. At least two Apostles, John and Paul, perceive...
went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his masters money. 19"After a long time the master of those servants returned and settl...
home and found that this was true. This sign not only showed that Jesus possessed power over life and death, but also the role of ...
Father, as being from above, and other such phrases (Kasper, 1978, p. 173). Jesus was in all ways like us with one great exceptio...
born to Mary, a virgin, lived among men, preached for three years, was crucified and rose from the dead. He did this to save human...
of God were those of the Old Testament, then came Jesus, whom they consider to be another divine prophet, and then Mohammad, the l...