RELG 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hermann Samuel Reimarus, Deism, Jesus Movement
10 Apr 2019
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Can know skeleton of life of jesus, not actual life, details. Not only know about hist figure, but on nature of the inquiry of history. Mc; act as though it is true according to memory. Subjective memory recalling event, people writing about jesus close to him. History of the history of the study of the historical jesus. Started at beginning of 18th century; hermann reimarus (1698-1768) Contrary to religions like judaism, christianity, islam (they claim god intervenes) ; no revelation/miracles/prophets. Historical jesus to go against, or to prove. Reimarus put forward 3 important questions underlying to important historical jesus: nature of the sources. All information about jesus, mainly written by early christians; sources don"t claim to be objective other sources claim little about him. Disiciples, disciples of guy who was executed on demand of jews. Basic commitment to jesus as centre of universe: aims of jesus. Jesus didn"t mention circumcision post-jesus and halal, etc ---; discontinuity: jesus" jewishness.
