Who was Jesus - A Humanities Essay That Teaches The Study of The Bible As A Historical Document

Who Was Jesus? A Humanities Essay That Teaches The Study of The Bible As A Historical Document I felt a very positive impression of who Jesus was after finishing the Book of Matthew. I had a new image of someone who was a down-to- earth, caring individual. I did not find quotes of Jesus that claimed being superior to the common man, of whom sinners could not look upon (a view that most people had …

…assumed by certain influential apostles' seem very foreign to Jesus. It seems that many of the new beliefs in the New Testament can only be backed-up if you belive that Angels really did come to men on earth as often as the N.T. says, rather than looking to the Hebrew Scripture for validation. The rest of this class should be interesting. I expect some big changes in my religious beliefs to come from it.