tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post112740524657688506..comments2024-03-27T03:32:53.817-05:00Comments on Euangelion: Klausner and the Historical JesusMichael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1127491109400296362005-09-23T10:58:00.000-05:002005-09-23T10:58:00.000-05:00Is there broad acceptance of the historical fruitf...Is there broad acceptance of the historical fruitfulness in studying the Gospels themselves within the third quest? This is reflected by the "hypothesis-verification" (rather than form-critical) outlook reflected in the following quote:<BR/><BR/>"Ex nihilio nihil fit: when we see that Jesus’ messianic claims became a fundamental principle of Christianity soon after his crucifixion, this is a standing proof that even in his lifetime Jesus regarded himself as the Messiah’." <BR/><BR/>Having been limited to Wright in any reading of historical Jesus studies by third questers (the constraints of pastoral ministry!), I'm wondering how much the refusal to bracket out questions of theology from the enterprise of history is somehting that could be said to characterize the 3rd Quest as a whole.Sharad Yadavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12150204571738424517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-1127467164704189052005-09-23T04:19:00.000-05:002005-09-23T04:19:00.000-05:00Good stuff! Now I must read Klausner on top of eve...Good stuff! Now I must read Klausner on top of everything else I'm wading through this year! Of course, one can argue that in a sense even earlier scholars such as Johannes Weiss brought 'Jesus' Jewishness' back to the forefront. But one of the things that has characterized the 'Third Quest' is not just an emphasis on Jesus' Jewishness, but a greater knowledge and awareness of what 'Jewishness' in Jesus' day would have meant, which earlier scholars did not have access to (cf. the DSS, archaeological excavation in the Galilee, etc.).Michael Pahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225370303628344885noreply@blogger.com