@rezaaslan way I read your book, seemed you let John the Baptist be utterly unique but not Jesus. John defied category, Jesus no. Thoughts?
All interps of Jesus hinge on this: either he was utterly unique unlike any other Jew in his time or he was remarkable but not unique.
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@PretzelMatt John wasn't unique. Baptism was. But those who agree John was Jew teaching Judaism think Jesus was Jew teaching something else! -
@rezaaslan true. I was thinkin in terms of your argument of John as similar but not Essene & whether same could be argued for Jesus & Zealot -
@PretzelMatt Certainly possible that Jesus was unique, that unlike fellow Jews he was literate, believed messiah meant something utterly new
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@rezaaslan Paul's relationship with James et al is fascinating to me. Can you recommend books/further readings on that subject? -
@BenLaMothe see James Tabor
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@rezaaslan or as C.S. Lewis said, Jesus is either God, or worse, a madman and/or liar. -
@vegacool1 Jesus is neither. What we have of Jesus is what people who never knew him wrote about him. Who they said he was is not who he was -
@rezaaslan James knew him, do did john and peter. Paul claimed to have seen him after his resurrection.
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@rezaaslan Curious to see in your research can you definately say there was a man who lived named Jesus Christ -
@TPFD26 No. But there was very likely a man named Jesus of Nazareth - End of conversation
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@rezaaslan He was an Occupy Wall Streeter who probably had an epic, utterly unique beard. I like to think so at least.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan The way i figure it, he was a Kathakar like the myriad saints in India now, only his followers went huge. see the Sai Baba cultThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan tell us a bit about the 'better prophet' tooThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan or just a very naughty boy.... -
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@unklemad:@rezaaslan or just a very naughty boy....”#jinseeinlaab
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@rezaaslan your book reminded me somehow of Mel Gibson's movie Passion of the Christ.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan What if he were neither?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@rezaaslan By teaching commoners parables he taught them to interpret 'scripture' for themselves(&to think for themselves)#fw#freewillThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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