SMC330Y1 Lecture Notes - Simon Bar Giora, Pilates, Tyrant
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Assume that jesus belieed that thru his work prophecies were being fulfilled, israel reaching climactic moment . Recreate ways 1ce jews think about suffering, death and martyrdom, traditions. Crowded city at great festival ideal time for news to travel fast . Once story in minds and imaginations, told again and again with minimal alteration . Wright brings other historical examples bar-konchba, simon bar. If jesus believed to be messiah, believe task would be thru suffering and death -> stress not parituclarly odd thing to be thought by 1ce jew with strong sense of god and gift for charismatic leadership. Belive desire and actions for violent revolution against rome ook hold of imagination of great majority of jesus"s contemporaries. Fitting with jewish world of jesus"s day (99) Jewish chief priests threatened by temple turning predictable manner to prevent riots and save selves. No evidence that post-easter xtians constructed xtology in which destruction of temple linked to messiahship/voce versa.