Summary of Mustafa Akyol's The Islamic Jesus

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The religion of Christianity claims that Jesus was the divine Son of God who came down to earth to become flesh and dwell among men. His crucifixion, according to Christians, was an event with a cosmic theological meaning: Jesus died for our sins, as God offered salvation to all humankind through his sacrifice.
#2 The historical Jesus is a concept developed by Western scholars who have been engaged in the higher criticism of the Bible since the nineteenth century. They believe they can read the Old and New Testaments independent of church dogma and in the light of textual, linguistic, historical, and archeological data.
#3 The beginning of wisdom about the historical Jesus is to understand the world in which he lived. It was a troubled world defined by an unequal dichotomy: the mighty Roman Empire versus the tiny Jewish people.
#4 The Romans went about their rule of Judaea in a different manner than other conquered nations. They installed a client king, Herod the Great, who was both a brutal tyrant and a great builder. The Jews, however, did not accept Roman rule, and some even attempted to overthrow it.

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Islam
• HIStory

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 13 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669353102
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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#1

The religion of Christianity claims that Jesus was the divine Son of God who came down to earth to become flesh and dwell among men. His crucifixion, according to Christians, was an event with a cosmic theological meaning: Jesus died for our sins, as God offered salvation to all humankind through his sacrifice.

#2

The historical Jesus is a concept developed by Western scholars who have been engaged in the higher criticism of the Bible since the nineteenth century. They believe they can read the Old and New Testaments independent of church dogma and in the light of textual, linguistic, historical, and archeological data.

#3

The beginning of wisdom about the historical Jesus is to understand the world in which he lived. It was a troubled world defined by an unequal dichotomy: the mighty Roman Empire versus the tiny Jewish people.

#4

The Romans went about their rule of Judaea in a different manner than other conquered nations. They installed a client king, Herod the Great, who was both a brutal tyrant and a great builder. The Jews, however, did not accept Roman rule, and some even attempted to overthrow it.

#5

There were many different groups of Jews who disagreed with each other, and these differences existed even within the Jewish party that opposed Jesus and his message.

#6

The term Messiah literally meant the anointed one, for it was customary in ancient Israel to bless kings or the high priests of the Temple by anointing their heads with oil. The Jewish scripture did not explicitly promise the Messiah, but it included some implicit references to him.

#7

The New Testament, which is the primary source that gives us a detailed account of who Jesus was, suggests that he was a spiritual Messiah who would save Jews from the Gentile yoke without a military conquest. He was sinless and powerful, but still a human rather than a supernatural being.

#8

The fact that Jesus’s Way survived and overshadowed other parties and movements of his time demonstrates that it had a message that went beyond its historical context. We must read the Good News about Jesus seriously.

#9

The New Testament states that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a town just a few miles south of Jerusalem. However, historical records show that there was a Roman census in 6 BC, and it was held not in all the world, but only in Roman-controlled Judaea, which did include Jerusalem and Bethlehem.

#10

The author of Luke, who is believed to be a companion of Apostle Paul, wrote his gospel some eight or nine decades after the birth of Jesus. He may have interpreted historical facts according to his powerful beliefs about Jesus.

#11

Jesus was born of Mary, a Galilean Jewish woman, and was the first child she ever had. He was also the son of Joseph, whom Mary married later. Jesus began his public mission around the age of thirty, and he performed miracles while preaching the gospel of repentance and piety.

#12

The message of all these Jewish prophets was to be better Jews. Jesus, who preached to fellow Jews, also gave this message: be more godly, more faithful, and more virtuous Jews. He did not initiate a new religion that would separate from Judaism.