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11	The third quest for the historical Jesus and its relevance for popular religion : Marcus J Borg as a test case Oosthuizen, Susan 06 1900 (has links) The most popular paradigm for Jesus is 'Jesus as the Divine Saviour'. This image is inadequate for understanding the historical Jesus, because it is also inaccurate as an image for the Christian life. Marcus J Borg claims that the Christian life is about a relationship with God that involves us in a journey of transformation. In advocating the 'Third Quest', Borg develops an alternative image of 'Jesus as Jewish mystic ', contrary to the idea of 'Jesus as Jewish/Christian Messiah '. The image of Borg involves five universal religious personality types. The paradigm shift from 'Jesus as the Divine Saviour' to that of 'Jesus as Jewish mystic' is investigated as well as the relevance and consequences of this, for everyday religion and the conventional church. A plea for a positive assessment of the issue of the historical Jesus is presented. This could have existential implications for South African society as a whole. / Biblical and Ancient Studies / M.Th. (New Testament) Third Quest Historical Jesus Popular religion Marcus J Borg Relationship with God Jesus as Jewish mystic Religious personality types Compassion Metaphorised history Functional Christology South African society 232.908 Borg, Marcus J. Jesus Christ -- Historicity Jesus Christ -- History of doctrines
12	Jesus the Jew : eschatological prophet, Galilean Hasid or cynic sage? Myburgh, Jacobus Adriaan 10 1900 (has links) The diversity of Jesus images that resulted from historical Jesus research poses the single most pressing problem of the research endeavour. Diverse historical images lead one to ask questions about historiography. It is a fact that we do not have bruta facta in history but only interpretations of what might have happened. The problem of diverse images is taken up in this thesis. Three different images that are the result of different points of departure and different methods of research are closely scrutinised. The images are: Eschatological prophet, Cynic sage and Galilean Hasid. After close·examination of each of these images one has to conclude that each of them is a viable image. One may question the proponents of each of these images on methodological aspects as well as their presuppositions. This line of questioning would not solve the problem. One would also expand the problem if one were to seek yet another image. A way out of this impasse would be to try to understand the diversity. Is there an image that could explain the diversity? The modem diversity of Jesus images is a continuation of an ancient diversity that one could find in the ancient texts at our disposal. From this we could deduce that Jesus was understood differently by different people from the onset. The challenge is to find an image that would clarify the diversity. What sort of Jesus would have been understood in so many ways? We have reason to take Jesus to be a Jew from Galilee. If we could find a Galilean Jewish image that would explain the diversity, we would be very near the historical Jesus. The image of the Galilean Hasid is a very promising option. Some of the kingdom sayings, that are most probably authentic, were taken as test cases to see whether they could have been uttered by a Galilean charismatic and later interpreted as Cynic and/or eschatological. The conclusion is that the image of Galilean charismatic would open up new avenues to approach the diversity of images of the historical Jesus. / Biblical and Ancient Studies / Th. D. (New Testament) Jesus the Jew Eschatological prophet Galilean Hasid Cynic sage Diversity Apocalyptic Kingdom sayings Son of man Hellenism in Palestine Cynics Charismatic Judaism Titles of Jesus Two source hypothesis 232.908 Jesus Christ -- Person and offices Jesus Christ -- Historicity Jesus Christ -- Jewishness Son of Man
13	The role of Archaeology in the Jesus industry Dyer, Jennifer 12 1900 (has links) The question leading to this study is whether the facts and theories pertaining to the Bible and Jesus Story as presented by The Authors (H Schonfield, D Joyce, B Thiering, M Baigent, R Leigh, H Lincoln; M Starbird, and D Brown) could be verified by the Archaeology evidence. I have adopted a multidiscipline and holistic approach considering information gathered from all media sources to ascertain what theories, if any could replace the traditional Jesus Story of the New Testament. I considered whether the alternative theories or traditional theories were believable due to the evidence presented by Biblical Archaeology or by the techniques used by The Authors in presenting their facts. By using Thouless’ system of Straight and Crooked thinking I was able to ascertain that the theories used in the novels written by The Authors may have been persuasive, but lacked substance. / Biblical and Ancient Studies / M. Th. (Biblical Archaeology) Jesus story Thouless Mary Magdalene Crucifixion Resurrection Merovingian blood line Holy Grail Knights Templar Sacred feminine Jesus of Nazareth Pesher theory Passover Plot Jesus scroll Holy Blood and the Holy Grail Jesus the man Woman with the alabaster jar Da Vinci code Cross bones Archko volumes Two Babylons Last Temptation of Christ Jesus of Montreal Passion of Christ Catholic Church Masada Nag Hammidi Library Dead Sea Scrolls Gospels Jesus Seminar Straight and crooked thinking 220.93 Bible -- Antiquities Bible -- Evidences, authority,etc. Bible -- History of Biblical events Jesus Christ -- In literature Jesus Christ -- Historicity Bible in literature Christianity in literature

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