#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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@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.
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@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? -
@DyingSparrows a) dubious historically on what grounds? b) why are you separating narrative and dialogue? Mark 1:2-3 (YHWH comes), Mark 2... -
@M_Y_Emerson And yes, he upset Jews assailing their practices and institutions. Not nec. by claiming to be God. -
@DyingSparrows ur assumption is words speak louder than actions. What Jesus does is just as much a claim as what he says. But he says plenty - 8 more replies
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