Multimedia Collection
Jesus, Judaism and Early Christianity
(Jesus at 2000 series)
VHS
75 minutes
BT303.2 .J531 1996
27th National Conference of Trinity Institute 1996
Alan Segal, a Jewish scholar, who has written extensively on the relationship
between Christianity and Judaism in the first century, sets forth a portrait of
Jesus that conflicts substantially with those of Borg and Crossan. Using the
complicated criteria of dissimilarity or embarrassment to distinguish what is or
is not historically true, Segal argues that Jesus was apocalyptic, that he
actually predicted that the end was near. He also contends with Borg and
Crossan on two other features of Jesus thought. He takes issue with the
proposition that Jesus was a cynic philosopher. And he argues that Jesus
was not as opposed to contemporary purity practices as Marcus Borg believes.
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