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This is not at all what I expected--in a good way.
I was expecting a more scholarly approach, a more studied approach to the topic (which of course I know *nothing* about), but this is instead the careful, heartfelt, even passionate witness of a man who is within the Disinherited and who would want only to be heard.
Super, super challenging and full of wisdom.
— Dec 14, 2020 07:54PM
I was expecting a more scholarly approach, a more studied approach to the topic (which of course I know *nothing* about), but this is instead the careful, heartfelt, even passionate witness of a man who is within the Disinherited and who would want only to be heard.
Super, super challenging and full of wisdom.
Stephen Matlock
is on page 35 of 102
Currently on Ch 1 "Jesus—an Interpretation"
Thurman avoids the common tropes of the tamed Jesus with a mystic message and an avoidance of conflict, and instead digs into the character of Jesus as a Jew suffering under the oppression of the Romans, and how he had to handle the smoldering resentment of occupation without resorting to actions that would instigate violence and destruction.
— Dec 07, 2020 06:15PM
Thurman avoids the common tropes of the tamed Jesus with a mystic message and an avoidance of conflict, and instead digs into the character of Jesus as a Jew suffering under the oppression of the Romans, and how he had to handle the smoldering resentment of occupation without resorting to actions that would instigate violence and destruction.