The person of Jesus part 1
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- Created on: 30-01-19 18:29
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- The person of Jesus
- Miracles
- No single word for ‘miracle’ in NW So, perhaps they aren't pointing to laws of nature being broken (as we understand miracles today) but as wonders
- Should be taken as metaphorically
- Resurrection
- Resurrection cannot be analysed historically – it belongs to the category of faith thus, Sanders cannot take significance of it into account when arguing Christ's uniqueness
- Resurrection is the deciding factor in Christ’s divinity being uniquely revealed.
- Hick: Resurrection powerfully represents Christian hope,however only metaphorically. It is not unique in idea or claim.
- looking closely at the historicity of it + appreciate it as a way of understanding his life – perhaps he believed God would resurrect him and we should not ignore this.
- Teacher of Wisdom and Authority
- Wittgenstein-Jesus’ authority is derived from him as a
teacher of wisdom. An idea has value only if it can be
lived, experienced + practiced.
- Jesus embodied the moral and spiritual and so was the ‘living word’
- Hick: Appreciation of miracles as symbolic of his relationship w/ God allows for inter-faith dialogue
- For Christianity to be taken seriously, we need to take away ideas of miracles, demons etc. Then we are left w/ authentic Jesus, teacher of wisdom
- If miracles of Christ are taken away what is there to give him authority beyond any other teacher of wisdom?
- Tolstoy, Wittgenstein, Nietzsche – Authenticity is ‘real’. Jesus as teacher of wisdom isn't unrealistic
- Wittgenstein-Jesus’ authority is derived from him as a
teacher of wisdom. An idea has value only if it can be
lived, experienced + practiced.
- Teacher of Morality
- Used parables, short sayings, actions, examples and healing to express moral message
- Morality is about developing your character. You must analyse your motive
- “The Sabbath was made for humankind, not humankind for the Sabbath” Mark 2:27
- People misused Sabbath rules to avoid social responsibility. Jesus argued in focusing on this religious duty people were avoiding their duty to humanity.
- Liberator
- Jesus as a revolutionary is debated
- Matthew 5: 17-18“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them."
- Brandon- Jesus and the Zealots argued later writers made Jesus out to be a pacifist, toning down that he was in fact a politically-driven activist – a freedom fighter.
- "If Jesus were alive today, he would be a Guerrillera”. Camillo Torres
- Jesus as a revolutionary is debated
- Jesus as unique?
- Historical Jesus – Christian claims of his uniqueness can't be proven through historical claims alone
- Saunders:We can accept with argument Jesus’ greatness as a man, but we must stop well short of explaining his impact by appeal to absolutely unique personal qualities”
- He is different to others of the time because of his teaching on God’s grace, hope for outcasts, + non-violence. NOT enough to class him as unique though.
- Cone: Calling him the ‘black messiah’ is advantageous - it removes problems in
Christianity of claiming God revealed himself exclusively in Jesus
- It overcomes problems of exclusiveness
- Miracles
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