Jesus and the Zealots
Book description
Professor Brandon explores the relationship between Jesus and the whole Jewish cause against Rome, including the Zealot movement. He provides a fundamental reinterpretation of a great part of the four Gospel narratives as these were shaped by political and social forces two generations later.
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Brandon sets forth a reasonable and compelling case for viewing the historical Jesus as one of several anti-Roman insurgents.
He collects narrative oddities that make good sense as loose ends that escaped early attempts to whitewash Christianity’s militant origins, e.g., the shifting of the blame for Jesus’ execution from the Romans to the Jews.
From Robert's list on the historical Jesus.
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