Jesus
An online introduction to historical Jesus scholarship
based on the popular PBS documentary.
Excellent online resource that weaves
together comments on each saying from the books of several Thomas scholars.
Nice thumbnail sketch of some leading theorists with links
for purchasing their books.
"The Jesus Archive provides a venue
where those who are passionate about the study of the historical Jesus can
gather in a community of interest. We strive to maintain a collegial
environment, inviting all points of view, Christian or Jewish, clerical
or secular. No matter how diverse their outlook, however, participants
should share one core conviction: Only by subjecting their beliefs to
rigorous cross-examination is it possible to approach the truth."
A library of Christian literature containing links to
translations of all extant gospels written before the end of the
second century.
This Atlantic article is a brief history of the quests for the
historical Jesus. Pay particular attention to the section called "A
Life and a Death." This article was written in 1986 and
claimed that consensus had been reached on a number of issues about the
historical Jesus. Today, however, some of
the best known Jesus scholars would reject several of these once consensus views.
With reference to scholars, perhaps the question, "Who do people say that
I am?" should always be followed by the questions, "Which?" and
"When?"
An article by one of the most respected Q scholars.
Jesus Seminar
The official website of the Jesus Seminar.
A conservative evangelical critique of the Jesus Seminar.
A fundamentalist critique of the Jesus Seminar.
Jesus of Film
Basic Resources
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus of Montreal
The Passion of the Christ
The best--actually
the only--right way to judge the faithfulness of the movie to the
gospels is to read the parallel accounts found in the gospels carefully.
Of course this entails a risk. One might conclude that it is
impossible to know precisely what "is as it was."
Follow this link
to The
Four Gospels Parallels. Scroll down to Mark 14:32 and click on
the little book icons color coded to each of the other gospels.
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