RELS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Josephus On Jesus, Samosata, Talmud
28 Oct 2016
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Hostile sources : tacitus, roman historian, pliny, roman governor, lucian of samosata, josephus, testimonium flavianum, talmud (few statements about jesus, not particularly kind?) Jesus" ranking in hart #3: not an author (jesus didn"t write the nt, jesus was not the sole founder of a world religion (jesus and. St. paul: not responsible for the theology of christianity, did not play a key role in proselytizing, did not exercise political authority, established a world religion, christianity is the largest religion, jesus" ethic has had a universal impact. He converted to christianity and became one of the most prominent men in the history of the world (hart"s 100) He died by persecution about the year 62/64 ce. The apostle paul: jewish, pharisee, persecutor, convert, missionary (changed his way ->missionary, theologian, author, christ-mystic (mystical approach to christianity, spiritual mentor, martyr. The apostle paul key areas of influence.
