Who Was Jesus Research Paper

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Introduction

Differing opinion on the fundamental issues surrounding Jesus should evoke examination of essential questions that revolves around the true identity of Jesus. In essence, if we were to premise our quest on the Holy scripture as is required, it will be apparent that our understanding of the Bible showcases the tie between Jesus and the Father. The scripture according to 2nd Corinthians 11: 4 warns believers of falling into the trap of believing that there could be another Jesus other than the one who was revealed as the Messiah as promised by the prophets of the old testament (Kostenberger, and O'Brien

There is a complete unawareness of the fact that most of our understanding of Jesus is obtained from theological works done by writers outside the Bible (Kostenberger, and O'Brien 2017 pg. 230). As such, we unknowingly or instinctively accept large transient of tradition while believing that the Bible is their sole responsibility.

The Lutheran Protestantism changed to a more significant perspective the way we receive the word of God. As such, the man had the will to question some of the aspects that were considered sacrilegious. Philosophers, theologists and scientist have had their views on contentious topics that touch on the divinity of life, the Creation of the universe and the real identity of Jesus. Today, books about Jesus have become popular with varied opines emanating from the writings. Even though such opines have widely captured, there are scholarly studies that have shown to be of significance.

In answering the question “Who is Jesus?” A Comparative Review of two books on the Historical Jesus’ The books to compare is A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus by Meier (Volume 1) and The Historical Jesus: the Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant by Crossan will be used in this

His accounts begin with anthropological analysis where he tends to explore the Roman empire, its Palestinian component that calumniates to sharing of the anthropological identities with their relation to the Mediterranean (Shepherd 2010, pg.89). As already mentioned, this is a chronological account of the Palestine’s with focus paid to their social stratification. Such considers the social relationship through evaluation of the social relationship between slaves, patron and their masters. The historical account further looks at the wealth and timing of significant historical events.

The approach to this methodology allows Crossan to develop personal exploits that are cross-cutting in the anthropological orientations to set up a basis that creates an understanding of the environment under which Jesus came to earth. Upon creation of this framework, Crossman sets up a three-step plan of inventory, Scarification and Attestation. The methodology as designed as based on assumptions. The three layers in layman have the words, deeds, events and occurrences as well as the usefulness of the information in the creation of a new set of situations (Recinos and Magallanes 2010 pg.