John P. Meier: Jesus the Jew - But What Sort of Jew?

John P. Meier, a Catholic priest, is professor of New Testament at the University of Notre Dame. He is perhaps the foremost biblical scholar of his generation. Meier's work represents the first time an American Catholic biblical scholar has attempted a full-scale, rigorously scientific treatment of the "historical Jesus." By the "historical Jesus," Meier means the Jesus whom we can recover or reconstruct by using the tools of modern historical research. Series: "Burke Lectureship on Religion & Society" [2/2002] [Humanities] [Show ID: 5984]

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[PilgrimSurgeon]

Brilliant lecture on Jesus, the "marginal jew".... a "mad dash through the Uffici" but worth every minute.

[S0N0fFred]

imagine if we had based our societies on the socratic method reason & logic instead of basing it on superstitious mumbo jumbo and attacking the people who dared question these fairy stories. we would probably be living on mars and war & hunger wouldnt be the norm

[S0N0fFred]

also we can blame Judaism for trying to eradicate the work of the great Greek thinkers.

[S0N0fFred]

@BYJOB there was a period when Egyptions coverted to monotheism so that's where the Jews probably got it from.

[mylesrdavidson1]

Meier addresses the issue of Jesus' celibacy (or not) in the last 15 minutes of this lecture (starting 1:08:00).

Worth a listen.

[mylesrdavidson1]

Yeah... just like all those celibates at Qumran!

They weren't real Jews either, obviously?!?!

Big Logic?... I think you need Big History lesson!!!

[darkprose]

He's incredibly charming and amusing in person. His books, too, have some charm, but it's more condensed here in person. Very nice. I just got his third volume for Christmas and have been enjoying it immensely. The project is a masterwork.

[janus ihasz]

Too much polite bulllshit -little facts > If Jesus was Jew- the Bible would be full -full of Mary and Magdalena family line . But almost nothing about them -you do not need big Logic -to find out why ???? Other fact- Rome was not the only rule but PARTHIANS (Schytians) AHHaa --this is the problem -Jesus family comes from Schytian dynasty-this is the reason for BIG silence . Do not bloody mix Persians with Parthians(#3 kings) and remember Uru-Solyma -schytian funded before Moses