Tag: Josephus

• Questions about Jesus (ii)

  In this series of blogs, I’m asking firstly why Jesus was crucified, and secondly why not his followers who, instead, were allowed to publicly proclaim him, in the very city in which he’d recently been arrested and crucified – the punishment reserved for insurrectionists against the Roman Empire. The first Gospel, called Mark, appeared around…

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  21st Aug 2022

  Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, New Testament, Old Testament, Religion

  Crucifixion, Gospels, Jerusalem, Jesus, Josephus, Kingdom of God, Passover, Philo, Pontius Pilate, Temple

• Rethinking Jesus (07) Healer and Exorciser

  After his baptism and ‘time out’ in the wilderness, Jesus began his evangelistic mission. He’s said to have drawn crowds, but I think their size is over-rated. The Jewish historian Josephus tells us why Herod Antipas executed John the Baptist :  “Now many people came in crowds to John, for they were greatly moved by…

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  6th Feb 2022

  Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, Mythology, New Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Exorcism, Gospels, Healing, Jesus, John the Baptist, Josephus, Miracles, Stories

• Rethinking Jesus (01) In the Beginning …

  As a follow-on from my series about God, I want to explore what I currently think and feel about Jesus of Nazareth. If I regard ‘God’ as not so much a person as a process, as transcendental ‘Ground-of-Being-Itself’, what implications does this have for how I see Jesus? Let’s forget what 20 succeeding centuries have…

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  21st Jan 2022

  Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, Mythology, New Testament, Religion

  Apostle Paul, Gospels, Jesus, Jew, Josephus, New Testament, Tacitus

• They tried to hide the real Pontius Pilate!

  The Gospels give accounts of the sayings and doings of Pontius Pilate, the Governor of Judea, who condemned Jesus of Nazareth to death. His reason for doing so would have been swiftly to nip in the bud, the potential for a rebellious riot, in the powder-keg of a jam-packed Jerusalem at Passover Time. The Gospels,…

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  28th Feb 2021

  Jesus of Nazareth, New Testament, Religion

  Christians, Jesus, Jews, Josephus, Pilate, Pliny