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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@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