• @some_guy
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    213 months ago

    I’ve recently been reading scholarly books about early Christendom and it was after Jesus and the first generation of Christians that apologists came up with the trinity. I don’t have the name of the guy who wrote that fanfic, but it was mentioned in Jesus the Jew by Geza Vermes. But that’s me being pedantic.

    Christians: Jesus didn’t believe in pronouns! Jesus: I am he.

    • @PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      73 months ago

      Bart Ehrman talks about how their conception of Jesus changed. Human dude chosen by god. Human dude turned holy by god. God dude born holy.

      Something like that.

      • @some_guy
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        33 months ago

        I just looked up some of his books and ordered this one: How Jesus Became God : the Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee. Thanks for the tip!

        • @PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          13 months ago

          His speaking engagements are pretty great, too. He has a bit of boiler plate but after that the talks are really interesting. My favorites are the early gnostic heresies.