Here’s the final (fourth) response to my colleague Chris Keith’s Jesus against the Scribal Elite in the fine Syndicate Symposium discussion which Chris Tilling has been moderating (see links here, here and here to previous posts about this discussion, and here to my review of the book). This time Jason Lamoreaux writes a thoughtful ‘review essay’ of issues in Keith’s book from the perspective of his lecture room in a US state university, often teaching (as he tells us) students from an evangelical or conservative background. Lamoreaux raises questions about the validity or value of historical Jesus studies, Keith’s approach to questions of historicity, the compatibility of the different perspectives on Jesus in the four canonical Gospels, and much else—and Keith responds engagingly and well to these questions. Worth reading!
Recent Posts
- Jesus’ message to Smyrna: video and slides from a talk 1 October 2023
- A fine opportunity to learn about Jesus’ parables 29 August 2023
- Slides and a video on Jesus’ meeting with the Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:21-28) 21 August 2023
- Is the Roman Empire a friend or a foe in Acts? 17 August 2023
- Slides and a video on the parable of the wheat and the weeds (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43) 9 August 2023
Tags
1 Corinthians
Acts
Bible
Biblical Studies
Caritas
Centre for the Social-Scientific Study of the Bible
Chris Keith
church
cities
conference
Corinth
education
Galatians
Gospels
greek
Jesus
Judaism
learning
Luke
Luke-Acts
Mark
Matthew
mission
news
New Testament
New Testament Studies
Old Testament
Paul
Pauline communities
PhD
PhD research
poverty
preaching
publishing
research
Roman empire
scholarship
Scripture
sermon
Steve Walton
St Mary’s University
teaching
Tearfund
Tom Wright
writing