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Tænkepauser #64
Jesus
Jesus er en superstar. Alle kender ham, mange forguder ham, og en del historikere tror, han havde sin gang på jorden. Om end han nok ikke gik på vandet. Til gengæld måtte han sluge kamelen og gå fra Herodes til Pilatus blot for at ende på korset. Men hvorfor skulle en jødisk håndværker fra Udkantspalæstina overhovedet derop? Var Jesus militant oprørsleder, gudsbenådet storyteller eller slet og ret Guds søn? Halleluja for Kasper Bro Larsen, teologisk snushane på Aarhus Universitet, der har sat sig for at optrevle verdenshistoriens største kriminalgåde.
60 pages, Paperback
Published December 1, 2018
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April 24, 2021
A book about the historical Jesus. We know that there lived a man called Jesus, probably born 4 BC (!), he was born in Nazareth, had something to do with John the Baptist, gathered a group of men around him, journeyed to Bethlehem and was killed by the Romans, by Pontius Pilate.
But that’s pretty much what we know. The rest is hear say, anecdotes, Christian fan fiction.
It seems evident that Jesus did not see himself as God’s son - according to the Torah, you can only have one God - but also, that if the Christians hadn’t elevated him to God’s son and had decided to start preaching to more than just the Jewish people (as Jesus did), we would never have heard of him.
Interesting that the Nazis tried to make him blond, a son of Pantera, a tall blond stranger - and therefore an Aryan...!
The author thinks more than he knows, based on the few actual sources from this time, and uses a lot of puns which is probably intended a humorous but comes across as a it too much.
Favorite quote - loosely translated: ‘Jesus foresaw the Kingdom of God - but got the Church instead.’
But that’s pretty much what we know. The rest is hear say, anecdotes, Christian fan fiction.
It seems evident that Jesus did not see himself as God’s son - according to the Torah, you can only have one God - but also, that if the Christians hadn’t elevated him to God’s son and had decided to start preaching to more than just the Jewish people (as Jesus did), we would never have heard of him.
Interesting that the Nazis tried to make him blond, a son of Pantera, a tall blond stranger - and therefore an Aryan...!
The author thinks more than he knows, based on the few actual sources from this time, and uses a lot of puns which is probably intended a humorous but comes across as a it too much.
Favorite quote - loosely translated: ‘Jesus foresaw the Kingdom of God - but got the Church instead.’
February 25, 2019
3,5 stjerner
February 3, 2020
Ikke så god som de andre Tænkepauser og lidt farvet af at det er en troende teolog, der har skrevet den.
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