RLST 152: Introduction to the New Testament History and Literature
Lecture 13 - The Historical Jesus. It is obvious that certain narratives in the New Testament contradict each other and cannot be woven into a historically coherent whole. How, then, do scholars construct who the "historical Jesus" was? There are several principles that historical Jesus researchers follow, which include considering data that 1) has multiple attestations and 2) is dissimilar to a text's theological tendencies as more likely to be historical. Using the modern methods of historical research, it becomes possible to construct a "historical Jesus." (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 13 - The Historical Jesus |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Contradictory Accounts in the New Testament |
| [00:13:25] | 2. Finding History in the New Testament |
| [00:26:27] | 3. Methods of Historical Jesus Research |
| [00:47:53] | 4. Who Was the Historical Jesus? |
| References |
| Lecture 13 - The Historical Jesus Instructor: Professor Dale B. Martin. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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