RELG 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Géza Vermes, Joachim Jeremias, Pharisees
10 Apr 2019
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People who are remembered as miracle workers; they are not established leaders. They have highly individualized and improvised way of doing religious initiative. Other approach considered today--; the one of geza vermes. Vermes became a roman catholic, specifically a group that has the mandate to convert jews. He survived nazis because he was roman catholic, able to differ form the rest of his family. Ended becoming a jew, still had influence on council of vatican 2. Most important book: jesus the jew , published in 1973. Jesus of jew was unlike vermes the jew. Vermes" main contribution: vermes says he was a jew like honi and hanina. Attitude towards the temple as dispensable and should get rid of. But also ressembles pharisees (commensality, argues with pharisees which is smt pharisees does) Jesus addresses god as father , addresses nobody else as father . Jeremias says it was authentic speech habit of jesus.
