"Jesus as a Figure in History"

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The place of Jesus as a religious icon and the central figure of one of the largest religious movements in the world is secure, but the role, meaning, and even existence of the historical Jesus is more problematic. This paper examines how this figure is explored by Mark Allan Powell in his book, "Jesus as a Figure in History," and how the author considers the ways historians have treated the question of the historical Jesus, facts of his life that can be verified, and similar issues separate from faith.

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"Powell recognizes that there is no one portrait of Jesus that is accepted and that serves as the historical Jesus. His analysis shows the history of historical attention given to Jesus and some of the sources and methods used to develop different portraits of the man. He offers an in-depth discussion of six major historical accounts, offered by historians John Dominic Crossan, Marcus J. Borg, E.P. Sanders, John P. Meier, N.T. Wright, and The Jesus Seminar, a group founded in 1985 that has produced noteworthy and controversial writings on Jesus as a historical figure."

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