John Dominic Crossan - What He Said: The Words of Jesus Christ http://whathesaid.com Making the words of Jesus Christ easy to read and explore Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:21:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 I Wish I Could Be in New Orleans This Weekend http://whathesaid.com/2010/02/24/i-wish-i-could-be-in-new-orleans-this-weekend/ http://whathesaid.com/2010/02/24/i-wish-i-could-be-in-new-orleans-this-weekend/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:21:00 +0000 https://whathesaid.com/?p=354 Seven world-class religion scholars are convening in New Orleans this weekend at the 6th annual Greer Heard Point Counterpoint forum. The topic? “The Message of Jesus: What Did He Really Teach?” The headline event has the following heavyweights going toe-to-toe on their beliefs: John Dominic Crossan, a theologian and co-founder of the Jesus Seminar, who […]

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]]> Seven world-class religion scholars are convening in New Orleans this weekend at the 6th annual Greer Heard Point Counterpoint forum. The topic? “The Message of Jesus: What Did He Really Teach?” The headline event has the following heavyweights going toe-to-toe on their beliefs:

  • John Dominic Crossan, a theologian and co-founder of the Jesus Seminar, who doesn’t believe Jesus actually spoke most of those quotes in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. To this former Catholic priest, Jesus was a “philosopher, teacher and subversive who undermined the social order with a new ethic.”
  • Ben Witherington III, evangelical theologian, will take on the traditional Christian viewpoint.

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