Jesus was the son of a middle-class, highly educated architect, according to a new book, which claims the previous belief that Joseph worked as a carpenter has distorted the Bible's meaning.
- Telegraph
'If Jesus was the son of a poor itinerant carpenter with some radical ideas nobody would have been that concerned about what he said.
'But, because Jesus was trained up to become the most educated Jew of his time it gave him the chance to exert extraordinary influence and let him get away with acts that normal Jews would have been imprisoned or chastised for.
'For example, when Jesus turned the money changers out of the temple there is no mention in the Bible of the police guards getting involved or there being a backlash. The money changers were an essential part of gaining revenue for the Temple so if Jesus was an ordinary Jew he would have been arrested or physically attacked.
'Christ enjoyed social privileges that would not have been available to an uneducated itinerant carpenter. Not only was he able to clear the official Temple market on two occasions without interference but he was also able to teach unhindered in the Temple courts and synagogues.
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Oh fer chrissake this is ridiculous. ;-)
i like it. do you think we can work this angle a little bit when we ask for higher fees?
I would certainly agree that God is an architect.
I just hope he was licensed. Last thing we need is an intern pretending to be an architect.
Riiiiiiight...If Jesus' didn't try to avoid capture by the Roman guards, knowing he'd be tortured, humiliated, and then crucified for our sins, then I'm not sure he'd care about being slapped on the wrist for turning a few tables over.
Nice try buddy, but maybe you write about something you know.
WWJD? (what would Jesus design?)
HAHA... too funny WWJ Design?
Fascinating. An educated Jesus would explain why the authorities never sidelined him as irrelevant or dismissed him as uneducated. I searched + found a link to a lecture on this at www.templehouse-publishing.com
How ridiculous - there are other places for people to forward their hokum religious doctrines - god doesn't exist and Jesus probably didn't either.
I doubt it:
“Prophets are not without honour, except in their hometown, and among their own kin, and in their own house” (Mark 6:4).
Munqus... Is it really that much skin off of your back if people talk about Jesus' profession? A little touchy o the subject aren't you?
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