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Jesus [21] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (7)
Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. A paragraph from Marcus Borg: ‘Jesus a Jewish mystic became the Christian messiah. The Christian messiah was a Jewish mystic. Both statements are interesting and illuminating. ‘As a Jewish mystic, what did Jesus know? He knew how […]
Jesus [22] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (8)
Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. More from Tom Wright: ‘The coming of the Kingdom of God was about Israel’s story reaching its climax, about Israel’s history moving toward its decisive moment’ (p. 35) ‘The Jesus I have been describing was a first-century […]
Jesus [20] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (6)
Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. ~~~ More from Tom Wright: ‘[My approach] opens itself to the full hermeneutical fury of the modernist, who says that I have renounced objectivity, and the postmodernist, who says it’s all wish fulfilment. Equally important, I open […]
Jesus [19] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (5)
Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… Today, some key insights from Marcus Borg: ‘Behind the picture of Jesus as healer and exorcist, I affirm a historical core. In common with the majority of contemporary Jesus scholars, I see the claim that Jesus performed paranormal healings and exorcisms as history remembered. Indeed, […]
The Son
Here’s a story ‘bin doing the rounds for many years and may appeal to some: Take my Son A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire the great works of art. When the […]
Jesus [18] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (4)
Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. Bishop Tom Wright (the conservative scholar) has a different approach to the Gospels-as-history than does Marcus Borg. Sample: ‘The guild of New Testament studies has become so used to operating with a hermeneutic of suspicion that we […]
Jesus [16] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (2)
(For previous articles in this series, visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm ) The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (Marcus Borg and N T Wright) is a book after my own heart. I don’t agree with all that either writer suggests, but reading an irenic discussion between two outstanding scholars helps sharpen one’s own thinking. How pathetic to simply […]
Jesus – entry and exit
“Despite our efforts to keep him out, God intrudes. The life of Jesus is bracketed by two impossibilities: a virgin’s womb and an empty tomb. Jesus entered our world through a door marked ‘No Entrance’ and left through a door marked ‘No Exit.'” Peter Larson, Prism
Jesus [17] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (3)
Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… This book, by the way, won the “Best General Interest Book of 1999” award from the Association of Theological Booksellers. Tom Wright, the more conservative scholar, says of the Gospel records ‘This is close to what happened’. Marcus Borg: ‘It got embellished along the way.’ […]
Jesus [15] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (1)
Book Review/Summary: The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (Marcus Borg and N.T. Wright), HarperSanFrancisco, 1999. Borg’s theologically liberal, and Wright’s conservative, and they’re both Oxford graduates in theology highly acclaimed scholars. They’ve studied the New Testament documents, especially the Gospels, and have come to radically different conclusions about who Jesus is/was and his miracles, the […]
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