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Final Five (Group 1)

The Life of Brian

The film is a critique of: Critiques how people are expected to believe ideas taught in churches as axioms The film’s point …

McKnight

McKnight is very similar to the no quest scholars because he thinks it is methodologically possibly but theologically unnecessary (in his words …

African Jesus

African views on Jesus focused on the parallels with the suffering and oppression of Jesus as compared to those of the black …

Moxnes

Moxnes: -queer theory: he doesn’t use queer from the definition formed by the LGBTQIA community; instead he uses queer to mean deviating …

Horsley (11/3)

According to Horsley, Jesus attained his perspective from contemporary Jewish apocalyptic orientation that God was bringing an end to the political powers …

Jesus of Montreal

In Jesus of Montreal, the life of Jesus and Daniel the actor who plays Jesus are paralleled.  In the movie, there is …

Allison and the Apocalyptic Jesus

Allison believes in an apocalyptic Jesus. One of the arguments he used for the apocalyptic Jesus included the argument dealing with John …

Crossan

Crossan believed that John the Baptist and Jesus both preached and imminent Kingdom of God, however after John’s murder Jesus changed his …

Third Quest

The third quest focused on the historical Jesus, disconnected from Christology. Vermes and Sanders believed that Jesus was working within Judaism. In …