Sentences with phrase «by our historians jesus»

Even in the nineteenth century, unnoticed by our historians Jesus was the most important figure in world history.

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«Reality» posted a massive list of reputable historians, theologians and scholars like JD Crossan and Luke Timothy Johnson, that are convinced Jesus lived and was killed by the Romans.

We know by historians that Jesus Christ walked the earth to say otherwise is ignorant and has not done research.

The historical evidence of Jesus Christ «Most critical historians agree that Jesus was a Galilean Jewish Rabbi who was regarded as a teacher and healer in Judaea, [18] that he was baptized by John the Baptist, and that he was crucified in Jerusalem on the orders of the Roman Prefect, Pontius Pilate, on the charge of sedition against the Roman Empire.

Short after Christ's ascension the world was flooded with copies (still found today by historians) of the gospels and St. Paul's letters, where the miracles of Jesus are recorded.

Scott re Fact Surrounding Jesus: Again, the core facts I cited are agreed upon by the majority of historian.

The fact of Jesus» existence has been corroborated by the historian Josephus and some other historians who lived at that time.

The following article is excerpted from the concluding chapter of historian Jaroslav Pelikan's book titled Jesus Through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture, scheduled for October publication by Yale University Press.

Perhaps you've seen the flurry of chatter about an ancient piece of papyrus discovered by Harvard Divinity School historian Karen L. King in which the words «Jesus said to them, «My wife...,»» appear very clearly, before the sentence is broken off.

That there were men in Palestine in Jesus» day and later who claimed the gift of prophecy and led many astray is shown not only by the Gospels (cf. Mk 13:22; Mt 24:24) but also by the works of the historian Josephus.

Randall Balmer, an award - winning historian, author and chair of the Department of Religion at Dartmouth College, speculated that the Romneys — like plenty of Mormons — might display artwork featuring a depiction of Jesus and a photograph of LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson, considered a «prophet, seer and revelator» by members of the church.

Jeremy, some of the posts have simply confirmed what I was reading half an hour earlier in a book by a well - known Christian historian: «It is true, unfortunately, that the church is often the worst witness to Jesus and the early Christian movement».

, historians help us understand that the Judaism of Jesus» time was more diverse, interesting and grace - filled than the Gospels would lead us to think, and that the crucifixion can not be understood as simply the result of a religious plot against Jesus carried out by the Jewish people or their leaders.

Virtually every serious historian acknowledges the following basic facts about Jesus: that he died by crucifixion, that his disciples genuinely believed that he rose from the dead and that they had seen Jesus, and that the early Church exploded in numbers soon after Jesus» death.

The first credible source for the existence of anyone named Jesus occurred in 288 AD by Greek historians.

This statement is to a considerable extent true, if one understands it correctly to mean that Christians throughout the ages have been largely ignorant of and not interested in «what can be known of Jesus of Nazareth by means of the scientific methods of the historian».

The historian's detection of the kerygma at the centre of the Gospels found a formal analogy in the contemporary view of historiography as concerned with underlying meaning, and this correlation led to the view that the kind of quest of the historical Jesus envisaged by the nineteenth century not only can not succeed, but is hardly appropriate to the intention of the Gospels and the goal of modern historiography.

Consequently the expression «historical Jesus» comes to mean: «What can be known of Jesus of Nazareth by means of the scientific methods of the historian.»

Since the twentieth century worked out its initial attitude toward the «historical Jesus» in terms of the only available reconstruction, that of the nineteenth century with all its glaring limitations, it is not surprising to find as a second consequence a tendency to disassociate the expression «the historical Jesus» from «Jesus of Nazareth as he actually was», and to reserve the expression for: «What can be known of Jesus of Nazareth by means of the scientific methods of the historian».

If by this one means that we can know very little about Jesus of Nazareth by means of the scientific methods of the historian, so that a modern biography of him is hardly possible, such a viewpoint need not trouble the believer, although it could be a topic of legitimate discussion among historians.

On positivist grounds many historians have written off the Gospels as unreliable, insofar as they portrayed Jesus as an utterly unique figure, conscious of a special relationship to God, and working miracles by divine power.

Most historians can agree about a few general features of the public ministry of Jesus and the fact of his execution by the Roman authorities.

While your opinion on the supernatural is not in question, the idea that there was no historical Jesus is no shared by most historians.

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

in Jesus: An Historian's Review of the Gospels by Michael Grant 2004 ISBN 1898799881 page 200

in Jesus: An Historian's Review of the Gospels by Micjhael Grant 2004 ISBN 1898799881 page 200

There is no actual verifiable evidence of the existence of this Jesus figure that would be accepted as proof by contemporary historians.

Jesus is a real historical figure, a viewpoint held by the vast majority of atheist, agnostic and believing historians, yet you cling to the illusion that He isnt in opposition to all the evidence to the contrary

That Jesus was a real person is established by ones such as Tacitus (born about 55 C.E.), considered one of the world's greatest historians.

So why is it that, only thing we have is in the Bible, and not actually recorded by the Historians or the Roman Empire who lived in Jesus's days?

But even if the historian were able to present to us with some confidence the historical data of the man Jesus, the real heart of the Christian Gospel would still be left untouched by historical inquiry.

(That is why I can not share Wilder's concern that the actual history of Jesus should be verifiable by the historian, or Wiesner's concern that it should at least be relatively ascertainable.

Perhaps you've seen the flurry of chatter about an ancient piece of papyrus discovered by Harvard Divinity School historian Karen L. King in which the words «Jesus said to them,...

That Jesus Christ is the Logos of God can never be proved by the objective investigation of the historian.

Readable reflections on Jesus Christ by a historian who makes use of the categories of process thought.

There are no first - hand descriptions of Jesus by historians of the time.

The very fact that, a) Jesus left NOTHING behind, no writings, no physical evidence, nothing written by any first century historian, and b) there were no less than 12 deities prior to Jesus throughout the world who were born of a virgin, taught at the temple when young, preached, healed, fed the hungry, were killed and rose from the dead.