The Gospel Of Mark And The Roman Jewish War Of 66 70 Ce

Author : Julio Millares
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Gospel According to Jesus written by Julio Millares and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-17 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a document depicting a radically different Jesus from the one we have always been presented with. A Jewish man firmly rooted in his historical context, as well as a living corollary to it-a link, actually, in the prophetic tradition from where he emerges. A fascinating, human, passionate Jesus who loves life, who is both sensitive and critical, who is deeply concerned about his people and who contrasts sharply with the ethereal, evanescent Jesus depicted by modern Christianity. Research shows that Jesus meant to create a kingdom of love and peace on Jewish territory, and that the Christian kingdom of heaven was presented by the canonical gospels when the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 CE. Let us remember that the Gospel of Mark dates back to this year, and that of Matthew's to somewhere between the years 80 and 90 CE. The Gospel of Luke covers a slightly more comprehensive range, but it is framed within the same time span. The latest of them all, the Gospel of John, can be traced back to the last few years of the 1st century. All of this means that these gospels were drafted by people who were not there at the time of the actual events narrated, who were not witnesses to any of them, and who ultimately did not meet Jesus. These gospels agree on their words about Jesus, but they will oftentimes show differences in their event descriptions. In addition to having an overt apologetic intent, the texts seek to adapt their content to the political scenario at the time. The year 66 CE marked the beginning of the First Jewish-Roman War, which ended in 70 CE with the destruction of the Jewish Temple. Soon enough, in the years 113 and 132 CE, two more wars followed, resulting in the Jewish diaspora and in Jews' complete exile of their territory. Christianity continued to spread across the Roman Empire, which meant it had to take some distance from its Jewish roots and become more acceptable to Roman standards. This may be the reason why, among many other depictions, a well-known executioner such as Pontius Pilate, whose term in government ended abruptly after being removed and transferred to Gaul on the grounds of his extreme repression, is presented as a man eager to save Jesus's life, and yet, ultimately spares the life of a Zealot such as Barabbas. The need to adapt to the political atmosphere of the Roman Empire also meant that the kingdom of God, whose realization Jesus witnessed on earth-as the Jewish culture always did-became the idea of Heaven in the Christian doctrine that followed. Julio Millares won the Vargas Llosa Prize for novels and the Imaginaria Prize for children's stories. He lived in Brazil, Italy, France, Mexico and Sweden before returning to his native Argentina. He is a professor at the Faculty of Arts of the National University of Cuyo.