#Zealot Tells The Story Of Jesus The Man, Not The Messiah http://on.cfr.org/15fzROT Author & CFR scholar @rezaaslan on @NPRWeekend
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@CFR_org@rezaaslan@NPRWeekend that dichotomy makes no sense. Even if you disagree, Jesus presents himself as the Messiah
@M_Y_Emerson @CFR_org @NPRWeekend Messiah means many things in 1st C and not all agree that Jesus presented himself as such. Read & find out
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@rezaaslan@CFR_org@NPRWeekend Jesus didn't present himself in way that met all cultural expectations, but that doesn't negate pres. as MSH -
@rezaaslan@CFR_org@NPRWeekend Jesus never claimed he was God? That's just wrong. Don't believe that, fine, but don't misconstrue evidence -
@M_Y_Emerson@CFR_org@NPRWeekend You are speaking of a matter of faith, which I totally fine. I am speaking as a textual scholar. -
@rezaaslan@CFR_org@NPRWeekend saying that Jesus claimed divinity isn't a faith claim, it's a literary one. He does so over & over in Gspls -
@rezaaslan@CFR_org@NPRWeekend that's a claim that is made by countless NT scholars, not just "faithful" -
@rezaaslan@CFR_org@NPRWeekend when you move from "I don't believe Jesus to be God" to "Jesus never claimed to be God" you've applied ... -
@rezaaslan@CFR_org@NPRWeekend … faith to scholarship. Jesus claims to be God in the Gospels. That is literarily true. -
@M_Y_Emerson Happens a couple times in the Gospel of John (in dialogues that r dubious historically). But in the Synoptics? On Jesus' lips? - 11 more replies
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@rezaaslan@CFR_org@NPRWeekend Messianic expectations were varied, but that YHWH would send him was uniform expectation. (1/2)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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