RELG 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Jesus Seminar

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 210
• Professor: Frederick Tappenden

Document Summary

Sanders" facts about jesus: jesus was born ca. 4 bce near the time of the death of herod the great: childhood and adulthood in nazareth, baptized by john, taught in galilean towns, taught about kingdom of god, in ca. 30ce went to jerusalem for passover: disturbance in the temple, had a meal with disciples, arrested by jewish leaders, speci cally the high priest, was executed by the romans, speci cally pontitus pilate. We always study jesus the jesus we want to see, but it is a collective memory. The oral traditions and the modern discourse shape our understand of jesus. Conclusion: yes jesus performed miracles; cured sick people and exorcized what were thought to be demons. Jesus exorcized a man who thought who was possessed by a demon. Jesus was concede while mary and joseph were betrothed (somewhat unlikely) The resurrection of jesus was an event open to empirical veri cation (unlikely)