Open AccessJesus the Galilean
Author(s) -
Willem S. Vorster
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
hts teologiese studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2072-8050
pISSN - 0259-9422
DOI - 10.4102/hts.v47i1.2359
Subject(s) - galilean , confusion , phrase , context (archaeology) , new testament , philosophy , epistemology , literature , theology , linguistics , history , psychology , art , psychoanalysis , archaeology
One of the most challenging problems in New Testament research concerns the question, ‘Who was Jesus?’ In the first part of this essay attention is paid to why there is so much confusion in the answers given to the question. Then the phrase ‘Jesus the Galilean’ is discussed in an attempt to situate Jesus in a first-century Galilean historical context