Comments on: In Search of the Historical Jesus: John P. Meier http://roadtopriesthood.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/historical-jesus-john-p-meier/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:17:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Leo http://roadtopriesthood.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/historical-jesus-john-p-meier/#comment-169 Leo Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:58:33 +0000 http://roadtopriesthood.wordpress.com/?p=2723#comment-169 Thanks for the recommendation, Silouan. I've been quite interested lately in how much the Jewish culture and tradition may have influenced Jesus the man. Thanks for the recommendation, Silouan. I’ve been quite interested lately in how much the Jewish culture and tradition may have influenced Jesus the man.

]]> By: Silouan http://roadtopriesthood.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/historical-jesus-john-p-meier/#comment-167 Silouan Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:27:28 +0000 http://roadtopriesthood.wordpress.com/?p=2723#comment-167 Along the same lines, I preferred <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Religion-Jesus-Jew-Geza-Vermes/dp/0800627970/" rel="nofollow"><em>The Religion of Jesus the Jew</em></a> by the Jewish scholar Geza Vermes. Vermes locates the New testament sayings of Jesus squarely in the middle of documented Second Temple Judaism and the tradition of Hillel. Larry Hurtado's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Jesus-Christ-Devotion-Christianity/dp/0802831672" rel="nofollow"><em>Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity</em></a> also does a really impressive job of examining how the earliest Christians, in a fiercely monotheistic culture, managed to integrate the man Jesus into their concept of God; he does it by looking at how they describe their own worship - really a fascinating book. Along the same lines, I preferred The Religion of Jesus the Jew by the Jewish scholar Geza Vermes. Vermes locates the New testament sayings of Jesus squarely in the middle of documented Second Temple Judaism and the tradition of Hillel.

Larry Hurtado’s Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity also does a really impressive job of examining how the earliest Christians, in a fiercely monotheistic culture, managed to integrate the man Jesus into their concept of God; he does it by looking at how they describe their own worship – really a fascinating book.

]]> By: Paqid Yirmeyahu http://roadtopriesthood.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/historical-jesus-john-p-meier/#comment-166 Paqid Yirmeyahu Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:57:56 +0000 http://roadtopriesthood.wordpress.com/?p=2723#comment-166 Search in the Netzarim website, especially the History Museum pages, and you will find a wealth of historical documentation and scientific analysis not found elsewhere. Search in the Netzarim website, especially the History Museum pages, and you will find a wealth of historical documentation and scientific analysis not found elsewhere.

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