The Historical Jesus: Understanding Jesus' Life, Times, and Ministry

David Z. Flanagin

Embark on the quest for the historical Jesus. For nearly 2,000 years, Christians have followed the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, called Messiah or Christ in the New Testament. Indeed, no other person has had such a wide-ranging and...

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Opening Credits

1/23/2024

Topic 1: So Many Jesuses

1/23/2024

Topic 2: Looking Behind the Gospels in the Oral Window and Translation

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Topic 3: Understanding the Gospel Text. Genre and Redaction

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Topic 4: Understanding the Gospel Text. Redaction is Transformation

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Topic 5: What Do We Mean by the Phrase of the Historical Jesus

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Topic 6: Understanding the Evidence for Jesus

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Topic 7: Jesus in the Near Eastern Sage

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Topic 8: Double the Similarity

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Topic 9: Multiple Attestation, Coherence and the Coptic Gospel of Thomas

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Topic 10: Jesus, Jewish Mystic

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Topic 11: Jesus, Social Reformer

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Topic 12: Why Did Jesus Die?

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Topic 13: Jesus, Cynic Philosopher

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Topic 14: Magic and Meal

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Topic 15: Jesus the Jew

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Topic 16: The First Century Jewish Context

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Topic 17: Diversity and Conflict in First Century Judaism

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Topic 18: Jesus in Conflict with the Jewish Leadership

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Part 1: Topic 19: Jesus Harold of the Kingdom

1/23/2024

Part 2: Topic 20: Jesus Harold of the Kingdom

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Topic 21: The Resurrection

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Ending Credits

1/23/2024