Open Access¿Fue Jesús un artista marcial?
Author(s) -
Richard E. Overill
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
revista de artes marciales asiáticas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2174-0747
pISSN - 1885-8643
DOI - 10.18002/rama.v4i3.175
Subject(s) - martial arts , extant taxon , palestine , new testament , the arts , art , theology , history , ancient history , literature , visual arts , philosophy , evolutionary biology , biology
A number of statements in the gospels of the New Testament describe the behavior of Jesus-bar-Joseph of Nazareth in Galilee in a way that suggests that he may have been acquainted with certain martial arts techniques. We examine these statements in some detail and then proceed to consider what martial arts traditions may have been extant in south-western Asia, more specifically in Palestine, in the first century CE.