The tradition that Jesus' ministry lasted 3.5 years stems from early Christian interpretations of the prophesy of the seventy "sevens" in Daniel 9. Remarkably, although that tradition remains standard, Daniel 9 is now often interpreted very differently... Read more »
Goodacre on our ignorance of the “Historical Jesus”
Mark Goodacre has just posted an op-ed at Bible and Interpretation in which he explores our overall ignorance about the life of Jesus. I was thinking about this very issue yesterday while reading Schweitzer’s Paul and His Interpreters, making this note in response to Schweitzer highlighting the differences between Jesus and Paul: “Schweitzer’s notion of [...] Read more »
“The Real Paul” article at PBS.org
Mark Goodacre has posted a link on his blog to an interesting review on the PBS Religion and Ethics Newsweekly site by Allen Dwight Callahan called “The Real Paul.” It’s an interesting read, with much of it poking holes in the flawed anti-imperialist picture of Paul offered by Crossan and Borg. One especially noteworthy section [...] Read more »