Posted on 08/29/2009 6:31:30 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
While I do not agree with everything Richard Bauckham argues for in his book Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, I wholeheartedly agree with his fundamental premise: the Gospels are not the product of a long process of anonymous traditioning (as the Form-Critical model suggested). In this awesome video, Bauckham lays out a summary of his thought:
http://www.thesacredpage.com/2009/08/bauckham-gospels-as-eyewitness.html
Dean L. Overman: "A Case for the Divinity of Jesus: Examining the Earliest Evidence"
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Whether Jesus was really the Son of God or not is a central question for Christians-and one that has provoked heated debate since the time of Jesus' birth. Dean L. Overman examines the earliest Christian records to build a compelling case for the divinity of Jesus. Addressing questions raised by books such as Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus and Elaine Pagels' The Gnostic Gospels, Overman builds a carefully reasoned case for Jesus truly being the Son of God.
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So much of Biblical scholarship has aimed to discredit the historical witness of the Church, and to deny it the authority to teach. The best way, of course, is to discredit the Scriptures themselves.
Why would the Church, which compiled the New Testament, wish to see it discredited?
Perhaps it is only outlandish personal interpretation which needs to be discredited? Indeed, Scripture itself discredits it!
Not the “Church” but the scholars. The scholars of the 18th Century felt the need to follow the intellectual fashions of the times, sort of like the leaders of Catholic colleges such as Notre Dame in the late ‘60s felt the need to distance themselves from the Church in order to make their reputation with the elite schools. I mean how could the school be take seriously if it really taught Christianity as true?
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