New Testament History and Literature with Dale B. Martin - 13. The Historical Jesus

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Historical Jesus Multiple Attestation Dissimilarity Social Coherence Cohering of Coherence Trial of Jesus King of the Jews Apocalyptic Prophet John the Baptist Historical construct

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Introduction to New Testament (RLST 152) It is obvious that certain narratives in the New Testament contradict each other and cannot be woven into a historically coherent whole. How, then, do scholars construct who the "historical Jesus" was? There are several principles that historical Jesus researchers follow, which include considering data that 1) has multiple attestations and 2) is dissimilar to a text's theological tendencies as more likely to be historical. Using the modern methods of historical research, it becomes possible to construct a "historical Jesus." 00:00 - Chapter 1. Contradictory Accounts in the New Testament 13:25 - Chapter 2. Finding History in the New Testament 26:27 - Chapter 3. Methods of Historical Jesus Research 47:53 - Chapter 4. Who Was the Historical Jesus? Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Spring 2009.