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Escaping the gravitational pull of the gospels.(Religion)(Critical Essay)
EVERY CHRISTMAS and Easter the leading media publish "authoritative" articles illuminating aspects of the Christian story. So, for example, last Christmas the Times of London carried a piece by "the world's leading gospel scholar" Professor Geza Vermes, giving us the "real" story of Christmas; in America, Time magazine devoted its cover story to the "secrets" of the Nativity. Such pieces are regularly supplemented by books and television documentaries such as the BBC's "Son of God" series and any number of others earnestly investigating "The Virgin Mary", "The Disciples" or "The Mystery of the Wise Men" and "The Star of Bethlehem". Then, last Easter Mel Gibson's maverick ...
- The existence of Jesus.(questioned )
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Barnett, Paul May 1, 2006 700+ words
...Quadrant, May 2005) thinks Jesus never existed and that "2000...for the non-existence of Jesus but he fails to tell us that...historians who write about Jesus as a true figure of history...or church members; Oxford Professor Geza Vermes, for example, an expert...
- Jesus.
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review Kernohan, R.D. February 1, 1993 700+ words
...acknowledges the influence of Professor Geza Vermes, who presents Jesus as an attractive, eloquent...Pauline speculations -- the Jesus who, according to taste or...written book provoked by Jesus for a long time. But (as...
- TV team's discovery of Jesus' tomb dismissed by scholars
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London ANDREW BROWN April 1, 1996 700+ words
...Correspondent Reports that the tomb of Jesus Christ might have been found...one day too early," said Professor Geza Vermes, probably England...bones identified as those of "Jesus son of Joseph" had been found...identified as "Juda, son of Jesus". All were empty, having...
- Storyboard 2. the tomb of Jesus everthing you need to know about a story you...
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London April 5, 1996 700+ words
...warehouse, bearing the names Jesus, son of Joseph; Mary; Joseph...Matthew; and Juda, son of Jesus. An apartment block now stands...might be the burial caskets of Jesus and his family to "the balls...insisted it couldn't be Him. Professor Geza Vermes, a leading authority...
- Gospel according to Powell: Christ was stoned to death
- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London ANDREW BROWN August 16, 1994 700+ words
...Mr Powell's claim that Jesus was not crucified, but stoned...ranged against the belief that Jesus was not crucified is impressive. Professor Geza Vermes, a leading authority...Palestine, said yesterday "that Jesus was handed over to the Romans...
- Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography.
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century Keck, Leander E. August 24, 1994 700+ words
The Historical Jesus" is back. For the third time, we are told. The resurgence of interest in the Jesus of history is evidenced not only by the...reflecting the conclusions of R. W. Funk's Jesus Seminar in which Borg and Crossan are active...
- Jesus: the prequel.("Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt")(Book review)
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century Jones, Beth Felker February 21, 2006 700+ words
...her writing energies to the subject of Jesus. I couldn't help being intrigued. Perhaps...the horror of death, after all, that Jesus came to overcome. And it's in the very human physicality of Jesus, in all that is sacrament and sacramental...
- Jesus, A Jewish Galilean: A New Reading of the Jesus-Story.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Biblical Theology Bulletin Oakman, Douglas E. March 22, 2006 700+ words
Jesus, A Jewish Galilean: A new Reading of the Jesus-Story. By Sean Freyne. London, UK: T&T Clark...24.95. This book is a welcome contribution to historical Jesus scholarship from one of the deans of contemporary Galilee...
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