Aryan Jesus
Initially we were inclined to victimize the church as falling to the Nazi party and having to be submissive to them. However, …
No Quest
The era of the No Quest was a direct response to the Old-Quest. The members of the No Quest are interested in …
No Quest
No Quest criticized the Old Quest writers for creating a Jesus that resembled themselves in their time period. The Pre Quest theological …
No Quest
The No Quest period tries to dissociated itself with the Jesus of history. The No Quest scholars do not feel the need …
Any “Quest”ions? : A comparison of the Pre, Old, and New Quests
The scholars of the No Quest period were critical of the Old Quest scholars because of the Old Quest scholar’s strong optimism …
Jefferson and the Old Quest (9/29)
Pre-Quest: scholars mainly accepted gospels as truth & didn’t do historical analysis; Old Quest: scholars separated historical & theological Jesus Jefferson’s Bible …
Jesus According to Jefferson
Jefferson constructed a bible with no traces of Jesus’ divinity, he focused on Jesus’ sayings, acts, moral/ethical teachings, etc this fits with …
Jefferson in the old quest!!
William Linn’s characterization of Jefferson’s bible as an attack on the Christian faith represents the distinctive divide between the pre quest and …
Thomas Christ (The Jeffersonian Jesus)
Thomas Jefferson falls neatly into the Old Quest. He strived to find the “real Jesus” in the midst of all of the …
