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The Historical Jesus
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What criteria do scholars use to determine the historicity of an action or saying of Jesus as probably historical?
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Based on the material presented this week, what can we say about the historical Jesus?
Jesus was an apocalyptic prophet, an apocalyptic Jewish prophet. His life was framed by two apocalyptic events; his baptism and death.
The Temple incident was historical. It goes against the tendency of the Gospels to portray Jesus as violent and confrontational in that last week.
Whether or not Jesus thought he was the Messiah. There seem to be places where Jesus makes no open claim to Messiahship in his ministry, except in the Gospel of John. In the Synoptic Gospels, Jesus does not make open claims to being the Messiah.
As you reflect on these findings, how does this impact your opinion of the truth of the Gospels?
As I reflect on these findings, my opinion of the truth of the Gospels has changed. All four Gospels are not really independent sources. For example, if Matthew and Luke used and copied from Mark, that technically makes Mark one source. If we cannot figure out the sources and what sources are even true, then the story of Jesus must be a myth.