Posted on 12/08/2004 5:47:33 AM PST by RepCath
Jesus told His disciples, "They hate me. They will hate you."
That’s in the record. Jesus said it, if we conclude the record to be historically accurate.
Right there is the nub of the current regarding Gibson’s movie, THE PASSION. Can we take the accounts in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as historically accurate? Or are they trumped up in some passages? Are they fabricated in others?
When at Harvard Divinity School, my first class in New Testament rattled my ears. The professor, a tall fellow wearing clerical collar, informed the room that we basically would dismiss the start and finish of Jesus’ bio for they were myths — the virgin birth and resurrection.
(Excerpt) Read more at michnews.com ...
...as well it should since the Passion was the reason for Christmas.
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