Jesus

A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion;      547 words ...Jesus There is comparatively little in the Talmudic literature on Jesus of Nazareth. Uncensored editions of the Babylonian Talmud do contain a few allusions to Jesus and his disciples but these are of a clearly legendary nature...

Script vs. Scripture; You won't mistake 'Jesus' miniseries as Gospel...

The Boston Herald;  May 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Jesus, WBZ-TV (Ch. 4), Sunday and Wednesday, 9 p.m. 2 stars (out of four) Jesus is all the television rage these days, and none of the big networks will be left out. NBC ran Mary, Mother of Jesus in November. ABC is getting into the act with the animated...

Books examine Jesus as part of U.S. history, culture

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 13, 2004 ;     669 words ...BOSTON -- There's Jesus the distant symbol, and Jesus the gentle friend. There's Jesus the pacifist and caregiver, and Jesus the gruff, muscular warrior. There's black Jesus, and white Jesus. Homely and handsome, capitalist and socialist, stern and...

Jesus is a stranger, a mystery in our lives.(Consider This)

Manila Bulletin;  April 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Jesus M Elbinias AS I said in my column last Wednesday, I would continue with the other characters Jesus had as described in the book JESUS: MAN AND MASTER, such as, Jesus being an Antagonist, Jesus being...

Other characters of Jesus are cited.(Consider This)

Manila Bulletin;  April 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Jesus M Elbinias AS I said in my column last Wednesday, I would continue with the other characters Jesus had as described in the book JESUS: MAN AND MASTER, such as, Jesus being an Antagonist, Jesus being...

Books examine role of Jesus in American culture, Authors look at how his...

Charleston Daily Mail;  February 14, 2004 ;     649 words ...BOSTON - There's Jesus the distant symbol, and Jesus the gentle friend. There's Jesus the pacifist and caregiver, and Jesus the gruff, muscular warrior. There's black Jesus, and white Jesus. Homely and handsome, capitalist and socialist, stern and...

Why is Jesus Man and Master?(Consider This)

Manila Bulletin;  April 12, 2006 ;     665 words ...Byline: Jesus M Elbinias WHY does the world, particularly all Christians consider JESUS as Man and Master? The answer can be found in the book entitled: Jesus: Man and Master written by Mary C. Morrison and printed in 1968 by The World Publishing...

Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews: A Jewish Life and the Emergence of...

The Catholic Biblical Quarterly;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...PAULA FREDRIKSEN, Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews: A Jewish...were alive today and surveyed the flood of Jesus books, he might again comment, "of making...unending problems surrounding the historical Jesus. Though she cuts a large swath through...

People are passionate about Jesus and have been for centuries.(Knight...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 17, 2004 ;     562 words ...Byline: Jim Jones Jesus is a hot topic these days, but that's nothing new. Jesus has been at center stage throughout American history. Jesus as a wise prophet. Jesus as a sacrificial lamb who died for our sins. Jesus as moral teacher. Jesus as champion...

Jesus Is Not a Republican: The Religious Right's War on America.(Book...

Reviewer's Bookwatch;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Jesus Is Not a Republican: The Religious Right's War on America...ISBN: 1560257636, $15.95, 368 pp. The title says it all. Jesus was a hunchbacked dwarf psychopath. Republicans are much taller. According to the publisher's blurb, The historical Jesus, by most accounts, was in favor of social justice, ...

The Gospel according to Greeley: Jesus was a hunk

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Was Jesus eye candy? A dreamy Messiah who could walk on water...Greeley caves to appearance-obsessed Americans in Jesus: A Meditation on His Stories and His Relationships With Women. This Jesus heals hearts and melts them, too. "Because he represented...

Amazing Grace; The Familiar Gospel Story Carries the Power Of Hope in...

The Washington Post;  May 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ..."Jesus" rules. Or, to invoke the title of a Doobie Brothers song, " 'Jesus' Is Just All Right With Me." More than just all right...actually. Quite wonderful. The two-part CBS movie--truly a "Jesus" for the new millennium-- is in fact the single most...

Hillel and Jesus: Comparative Studies of Two Major Religious Leaders

Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society;  March 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Hillel and Jesus: Comparative Studies of Two Major Religious Leaders. Edited...How can we learn more about Hillel by comparing him with Jesus, and how can we learn more about Jesus by comparing him with Hillel" tp. xiii). With the historical-critic...

Sinners in the Hands of a Flexible God.("Jesus in American - a History:...

First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...JESUS IN AMERICA--A HISTORY: PERSONAL SAVIOR, CULTURAL HERO, NATIONAL OBSESSION. By RICHARD...THE AMERICA OF the title is the United States, from colonial times to the present. The Jesus of the title is all the things the subtitle says and more. To Jesus' question Who do you say that I am? Americans have ...

Jesus Now and Then

Interpretation;  January 1, 2006 ;     554 words ...Jesus Now and Then by Richard A. Burridge and Graham Could Eerdmans...16.00. ISBN 0-8028-0977-4. BURRIDGE AND GOULD look at the Jesus of history, whose impact on people "then" gave rise to the...Testament and various non-canonical sources, Burridge argues that Jesus of Nazareth existed, was baptized by ...