Zach Christensen’s Reviews > Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth > Status Update
Zach Christensen
is on page 80 of 336
So far, Mack presents some points that are of general consensus, and quite a few perspectives that are pretty “out there.”
Perhaps the biggest question mark for me in Mack’s work so far is his confidence in the Cynic Sage thesis. This tends to remove Jesus from his Jewish background. Mack puts Jesus so deep into Greco-Roman culture that there is no reason that Jesus would have been in conflict with anyone.
— Oct 05, 2017 07:39PM
Perhaps the biggest question mark for me in Mack’s work so far is his confidence in the Cynic Sage thesis. This tends to remove Jesus from his Jewish background. Mack puts Jesus so deep into Greco-Roman culture that there is no reason that Jesus would have been in conflict with anyone.
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Zach Christensen
is on page 162 of 336
Really dragging at this point. Slow-moving, lots of assumptions riding on his pre-commitment to Q developing a certain way, unprecedented confidence in Jesus being reinvented by Mark as an apocalyptic prophet, etc.
— Oct 10, 2017 01:39PM
Zach Christensen
is on page 118 of 336
Really intriguing ideas on the conversion of Paul, and his relationship with Peter, James, etc.
— Oct 10, 2017 12:56PM
Zach Christensen
is on page 118 of 336
Really intriguing ideas on the conversion of Paul, and his relationship with Peter, James, etc.
— Oct 10, 2017 12:56PM
Zach Christensen
is on page 101 of 336
Still enjoying it, but some eccentric opinions are asserted as facts from time to time. Also, there are no footnotes in this book. The scholarly engagement is slim.
— Oct 09, 2017 01:56PM
