Reconsidering Schweitzer's Quest of the Historical Jesus: understanding the real Jesus
Dr. Albert Schweitzer's quest of the historical Jesus, implies that there is something more about Jesus that is important but not known or, at least, not widely known. The current quest agrees with Dr. Schweitzer but attempts to learn more about the historical Jesus in a manner that is quite different from that of Dr. Schweitzer. We will start with a collection of facts about Judaism, review Gospel accounts and add any other sources that can be found and that appear to relate to the quest. Then we will go through that collection of information in a manner similar to that of Sherlock Homes (the fictional, private detective), to see what, if any, information can be added to the present knowledge of, and understanding about the historical Jesus. For anyone not familiar with Sherlock Holmes, he was able to solved difficult crimes by careful examination of evidence. Then by drawing logical conclusions from the evidence, Holmes was able to solve the crime mystery. We will be looking at facts about Jesus to see if we can discover anything that might be previously overlooked. New evidence may arise, as it sometimes did for Holmes, when one or more pieces of information is examined in conjunction with other facts. For example, Jesus is known to often quote Jewish scripture but there is no evidence that he could read or write. There is no report of how Jesus learned the scripture he quoted. Of course, in this example of Jesus learning scriptural quotes, Jesus may simply have heard Jewish scholars reading the scriptures aloud. That was a common practice 2,000 years ago when so many people did not read or write. Any conclusions we make about Jesus must be consistent with all the known facts. One of the items to be examined includes the opinion's expressed by the attending centurion at the crucifixion of Jesus and what effect that might have had later. Another, not well-known fact, is the observation about the unusually "quick" death of Jesus, the observation being made by Pilate himself. In addition to dealing with unusual events, there will be attention to detect consistent behavior or lack thereof. In general, some individuals can be noted for consistent behavior while others are known for inconsistent behavior. If Jesus, or anyone else, is generally consistent with regard to a certain matter, then any inconsistency could be important. Fans of Sherlock Holmes may remember a case involving a 'curious incident of the dog in night-time' where the curious incident was that the dog did nothing in the night-time. Some Christians are strong believers that Jesus was the Son of God. Others are not so sure. As we shall see, Jesus had some ideas about that subject. Jesus also had opinions about other matters that continue to be debated in the 21st century.
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Reconsidering Schweitzer's Quest of the Historical Jesus: understanding the real Jesus
Dr. Albert Schweitzer's quest of the historical Jesus, implies that there is something more about Jesus that is important but not known or, at least, not widely known. The current quest agrees with Dr. Schweitzer but attempts to learn more about the historical Jesus in a manner that is quite different from that of Dr. Schweitzer. We will start with a collection of facts about Judaism, review Gospel accounts and add any other sources that can be found and that appear to relate to the quest. Then we will go through that collection of information in a manner similar to that of Sherlock Homes (the fictional, private detective), to see what, if any, information can be added to the present knowledge of, and understanding about the historical Jesus. For anyone not familiar with Sherlock Holmes, he was able to solved difficult crimes by careful examination of evidence. Then by drawing logical conclusions from the evidence, Holmes was able to solve the crime mystery. We will be looking at facts about Jesus to see if we can discover anything that might be previously overlooked. New evidence may arise, as it sometimes did for Holmes, when one or more pieces of information is examined in conjunction with other facts. For example, Jesus is known to often quote Jewish scripture but there is no evidence that he could read or write. There is no report of how Jesus learned the scripture he quoted. Of course, in this example of Jesus learning scriptural quotes, Jesus may simply have heard Jewish scholars reading the scriptures aloud. That was a common practice 2,000 years ago when so many people did not read or write. Any conclusions we make about Jesus must be consistent with all the known facts. One of the items to be examined includes the opinion's expressed by the attending centurion at the crucifixion of Jesus and what effect that might have had later. Another, not well-known fact, is the observation about the unusually "quick" death of Jesus, the observation being made by Pilate himself. In addition to dealing with unusual events, there will be attention to detect consistent behavior or lack thereof. In general, some individuals can be noted for consistent behavior while others are known for inconsistent behavior. If Jesus, or anyone else, is generally consistent with regard to a certain matter, then any inconsistency could be important. Fans of Sherlock Holmes may remember a case involving a 'curious incident of the dog in night-time' where the curious incident was that the dog did nothing in the night-time. Some Christians are strong believers that Jesus was the Son of God. Others are not so sure. As we shall see, Jesus had some ideas about that subject. Jesus also had opinions about other matters that continue to be debated in the 21st century.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798350999785 |
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| Publisher: | BookBaby |
| Publication date: | 01/01/1900 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 16 |
| File size: | 805 KB |
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