RELG 205 Lecture : History of the Christian Church Sep 12.docx
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Y: blur the boundaries between myth and legend, not possible to be both human and non-human at the same time, myth loves paradox, is jesus human or god, almost never a definite answer. Creating a child jesus to match the adult jesus: he always was as he is (time shift, teacher (out teaches the teachers, teach scriptures, text and tradition, valued in jewish society. Judaism is the old man (old tradition), christianity is the young. Jesus was playing (sometimes like us) exactly like us, but different from us: child dies. Other kids flee, except jesus (different from ordinary children and special: parents accuse (parents vs. children old fashioned and new, authority figures) - accusation, jesus raises dead. Death he doesn"t deal the way that we do with death: miracle vindicates jesus, everyone including the parents (religious authorities, Jews and romans) vindicate jesus get with the program : definitions, cult: Specific devotion (virgin mary cult, isis, active part of christian vocabulary)
