RELG 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Book Of Enoch, Caiaphas, Ideal Type
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Very little attestation of jesus son of ananias. If y after x, then y because x. mistake sequence for causality. It is possible than jesusn cause of jesusa, but not necessary. Also possible because they lived in same environment. Jesusa, serves the function of saying god was on the side of romans. Josephus could conceive of a voice of judaism, peasant who comes to jerusalem jeremiah-style prophecy against temple. (ideal type) What happens if someone of the such does like jesusa. Destruction of 2nd temple, cultural memory of 1st temple being destroyed. Tiny minorities of people thought that god would actually do it and that it is a good thing. Most jews were saying let"s kill the romans". Jesusa doesn"t threaten romans, romans actually like what he says. Execution of jesus on request of high priest by romans, understandable and plausible considering politics back then. Jesus talks too much about kingdom/sovereignty of god.