-Caveat Lector-
Excellent. And to your point, I agree. It was the area of higher
criticism which I declined to enter due to the forum here.
AmPat
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tatman, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 1:47 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [CTRL] Politically Correct Jesus
>
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> Terry, I didn't say I *believed* that hypothesis...only that someone
> suggested it. (As it happens, it was Robert Graves in a novel
> called *King
> Jesus*, which is probably Graves's oddest book. Hugh Schoenfeld's *The
> Passover Plot* and its sequels say much the same thing.)
> However, because it
> involves a conspiracy, whether genuine or not, I'd suggest
> that it actually
> *is* a legitimate topic for this list.
>
> Brief personal statement: I'm a Christian. The Jesus of the
> Gospels speaks
> to me. The Apostle Paul speaks to me. When I read the Bible,
> I don't expect
> to find an absolutely correct historical record. The Bible is a *faith
> document*...the records of two thousand years of a people's
> dealings with
> God. When I read about Jesus' birth, his Passion, his death and
> Resurrection, I don't go looking for validation from the
> archaeological
> record, *because it doesn't matter to me* what the
> archaeologists think. If
> they never find *any* evidence that Jesus actually existed, it *still*
> doesn't matter to me, because I know in my heart, in my soul,
> in my deepest
> center, that Jesus Christ is real and that he is the Way, the
> Truth, and the
> Life. I don't need physical proof to know that.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Terry Trainor [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 1:29 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [CTRL] Politically Correct Jesus
> >
> > -Caveat Lector-
> >
> > CTRL is not the proper forum, so I will not go into detail
> concerning
> > your several statements here. Needless to say, I am not of
> the school
> > of J, P, Q, or any of that other modern crud. But your
> last statement
> > I simply cannot let pass without comment.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tatman, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 12:01 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [CTRL] Politically Correct Jesus
> > >
> >
> > <Kerschnip>
> >
> > > Indeed, there is some evidence that
> > > Jesus deliberately
> > > sought to embody *all* of the many different messianic images
> > > found in the
> > > Hebrew Scriptures.
> >
> > Like deliberately being born of a virgin?
> > like deliberately seeking to be nailed to a cross Between
> two thieves?
> > Like deliberately seeking to have a sword rammed into his side?
> > Like deliberately dying?
> > Like deliberately being resurrected by God the Father?
> >
> > Gee - some guys will do ANYTHING for fame, huh?
> >
> > <kerschnip>
> >
> >
>
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