Jesus, Memory, and the Nature of the Gospels | Dale C. Allison Jr. | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #37
🔍 Overview: In this episode of The Socratic Sessions, Samuel Devis speaks with Dale C. Allison Jr. about his book The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus. Together, they explore how memory, legend, oral tradition, and theology shaped the Gospels, and why the historical quest for Jesus may reveal more about us than it does about him.
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[Highlight 1]: Too Many Jesuses: Why Every Scholar Finds a Different One
[Highlight 2]: Can you separate the Historical Jesus from Legend?
[Highlight 3]: Jesus Thought the World Was Ending — Was He Wrong?
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The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus by Dale C. Allison Jr.
The Resurrection of Jesus: Apologetics, Polemics, History by Dale C. Allison Jr.
Interpreting Jesus by Dale C. Allison Jr.
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