Quest For HISTORICAL JESUS Flashcards
Identify and recognize them
how many quests were there?
3
common themes of all 3 quests?
validity of the Gospels. are they historical. wanting to separate Christ of faith from historical Jesus.
which of the 5 contemporary portraits of Christ is described as
Jesus was a clever post peasant whose sayings challenged conventions of the day. hippy.
cynic-like philosopher
which of the 5 contemporary portraits of Christ is described as
mystic spirit person whose intimacy with God enabled him to accomplish extraordinary things. Elijah figure
spirit endowed holy man
which of the 5 contemporary portraits of Christ is described as
sympathetic with zealots and advocating violent overthrow of the romans
social revolutionary
which of the 5 contemporary portraits of Christ is described as
Jesus was announcing end times salvation
eschatological prophet
which of the 5 contemporary portraits of Christ is described as
Jesus was. more than a prophet, traditional and biblical view
messiah
weakness and strength of the cynic like philosopher view
weakness: Jesus had no Messianic ambitions
strength: emphasis on Jesus’ Jewish background and the church which came after. him
weakness and strength of spirit endowed holy. man view?
weakness: Borg establishes a dichotomy between God’s gracious acceptance of sinners and his demand for purity and holiness
strength: Borg locates Jesus clearly within Jewish context
weakness and strength of social revolutionary view?
weakness: failure to account for spiritual and eschatological dimensions of jesus’ context
strength: social and political dimensions of jesus’ context
weakness and strength of the eschatological prophet view?
weakness: Sanders assumes quickly that Jesus would have been in near total agreement with his contemporaries , doesn’t explain Jesus’ impact or crucifixion, seems like Jesus only wants salvation for jews
strength: Sanders’ view of Jesus is that it positions him in Jewish context of first century.
this contemporary view utilizes the historical methodology to substantiate rather than negotiate the gospels’ presentation of Jesus as Messiah
messiah
which quest had this premise:
Herman Samuel reimarus German professor, wrote on the intentions of Jesus and his disciples, challenges Jesus for first time, invalidates resurrection (disciples took body, but few believed this), rationalism : Jesus was only an ethical man and proclaimed love of God. consensus to treat Bible as word of God during enlightenment period. miracles were thought to be unrecognized cause or mistaken observations. declined by 1900. his intent was to create Jesus in his own image, not silly context. solidified need for biblical criticism
first quest
which quest had this premise:
bultmann of Germany, started with rationalism. it’s impossible to understand Jesus. 1 and 2 century bias because they didn’t separate historical Jesus from Christ of faith. severed historical roots. Gospels were the church trying to fit an agenda. invalidates eyewitnesses. invalidates authorship.
this quest launched in response to bultman
1. existentialist worldview
2. rejection of supernatural
3. dichotomy between Jesus of faith and historical
4. Gospels are theological not historical
5. far removal of place and time of the Gospel writers from eyewitnesses
6. form-critical assumption that Gospel embellished by Christian communities
2nd quest
which quest had this premise:
Jesus seminar arises. currently happening. we shouldn’t understand historical Jesus. 2 camps:
1. to discover real jesus, we must recognize Christ of. faith and historical jesus
2. focuses on historical jesus to find. out who jesus was
concluded it is possible to know something about historical jesus.
third quest
