Summary Of Jesus Of Nazareth By Paul Fredriksen

In Paula Fredriksen’s book, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews, she writes of piercing the image of the historical Jesus together. She states the issue of the concept of who Jesus was is still unknown. The Gospels portrayed him as a teacher or an apocalyptic Messiah. From information received from different sources, they still represent a different image for each historian. Jesus’ death is one of the most accepted aspects of him. It still brings issues, as Pilate could have killed Jesus swiftly, but his crucifixion meant it was for a political death. Throughout the book, Fredriksen answers the true question of why Jesus was crucified. Fredriksen starts the process of debunking the question by looking into sources that tells of Jesus, Paul
Most of their purity laws were regulated to the Temple. Some impurities were labeled as temporary states, such as menstruation or childbirth. Even though some of these states are natural causes, they were considered an impurity and could not enter the Temple area. It would be hard for someone other than the impure person to report their impurities. Gentiles were not subjected to Israel’s different purity regulations. They had access to the largest court at the Temple. The Gentiles could also have moved closer to the altar than a Jew with impurities. These various practices help provide a Jewish content for our understanding. Then by observing these practices, the historical Jesus can be recreated and be understood better with previous known traditions and
Paul and Mark, both gave their tells of the Lord’s Supper and both had similar telling of Jesus breaking bread and stating the substance in the cup being the blood of the covenant. At the end of Mark’s passage, Jesus states how he won’t drink until he’s in the Kingdom of God. It shows how Jesus knew his end was near, and, again, thought the Kingdom was coming shortly. Before Fredriksen tells her final saga of Jesus’ crucification, she tells of the landscape, language and government in Israel during Jesus’ time. She provides three groups for economics, politics, and power of the region, the Galilee, Judea and Rome. The Galilee were stable in terms of politics, land and their economy. Judea, on the other hand, were more troubled with their categories. Due to them having an unbalanced administrative command. Rome was an empire back then, they had a stronghold on their three