Tag: gospels

  • Historical Jesus Contrarian – Scot McKnight

    Jesus Creed: Historical Jesus Contrarian  Scot McKnight Scot McKnight writes about his contrarian view on historical Jesus studies, contrasting it with understanding Jesus in a historical context. He makes five points: Point 1: My contention is that historical Jesus studies are all about reconstructing what Jesus was really like. They are the attempt to get behind the…

  • New Testament Origins

    Yesterday we began a review of Kenneth Bailey's Interpreting the Bible DVD by looking at the idea of inspiration and the origins of the Old Testament. Today we visit the origins of the New Testament. Each gospel is believed to have been written in the last half of the first century. By the beginning of…