Transcript Chapter 11 Jesus of Nazareth

Chapter 11
Jesus of Nazareth
Chaplain Ron McCants
Instructor
Jesus of Nazareth
Distortions and Misconceptions
• Jewish Law so burdensome, no one could follow
the commandments.
• All Jews desired a militant Messiah to defeat the
Romans
• Jews rejected Jesus because he taught a path
of peace
• Jews were obsesssed with purity rules
• Judaism oppressed the poor people and women
• Judaism put a bridge of divisions between
"Insiders" and "Outsiders"
Evidence Outside the Gospels
• The Historian Josephus was a reliable
reporter on Jesus, John the Baptizer, and
James, the brother of Jesus.
• The eighteenth book of Antiquities
• The Slavonic translation of The Jewish
War
• Roman Historian Publius Conelius Tacitus
in his Annals
The Gospels as Sources
• Strong Concensus among Historians and
New Testament Scholars
• Jesus was a Galilean Jew of the early first
century C.E.
• Jesus was a teacher and wonder-worker
and taught a love doctrine
• Messianic claims were made for him
• He was executed by Pontius Pilate during
the reign of Tiberius
• Luke 2:4-6 So Joseph also went up
from the town of Nazareth in Galilee
to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of
David,… While they were there, the
time came for the baby to be born,
and she gave birth to her firstborn, a
son. …
• Matthew 2:1 "After Jesus was born
in Bethlehem in Judea, during the
time of King Herod, Magi from the
east came to Jerusalem"
• John 7:42 Does not the Scripture
say that the Christ will come from
David’s family and from Bethlehem,
the town where David lived?”
• Was he an Essene, Covenanter, Zealot, or
Jewish Gnostic?
• Did the term Rabbi refer Jesus to
Pharisaic Judaism?
• Choices:
• 1. Follows the laws dictated by Pharisees
or
• 2. Fulfill the laws given by God
• Jesus appointment of the Twelve Apostles
• Charismatic Judaism empowered with a
special spiritual gift
• Bath qol - Jesus proclaimed "Son of God"
by God's voice from Heaven.
• Anthropologists contend that holy men and
women worked miracles:
• Miraculous feeding of multitudes; healing
people; raising the dead
Jesus and
the Titles Attributed to Him
Jesus and
the Titles Attributed to Him
A Brief Life of Jesus
• The son of a young virgin name Mary
• Her husband was a carpenter named Joseph
• After his baptism, he was tempted by the devil in
wilderness
• Ministry was for three years.
• Jesus taught people about compassion
• He warned people of the perils of wealth
• He taught the importance of the Kingdom of God
• He was a wonder-worker in first-century Judaism
• Jesus died on the eve of the Sabbath day
• His body was placed in a rock tomb
• He appeared to his disciples various times
• Jesus ascended into Heaven
CLASS ASSIGNMENT
The Contemporary World
• Group Presentations (choose a leader,
recorder, and spokesperson)
• Page 238: Questions for Discussions and
Reflections
• Group 1
Group 2
• Group 3
Group 4
Each person turn in a written paragraph on
the group’s assignment.