Why the Authentic Jesus Is of No Use for the Church

McKnight, Scot

doi:10.5040/9780567691200.ch-008

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“…The final section in the collection consists of two essays—one by Scot McKnight (2012) and one by Dale Allison (2012). These essays reflect on abandoning the historical criteria approach to Jesus studies in the Church and the academy, respectively.…”

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“…These essays reflect on abandoning the historical criteria approach to Jesus studies in the Church and the academy, respectively. Scot McKnight makes the bold claim that ‘historical Jesus proposals are of no use to the Church’ (2012: 175). By this, McKnight means that historical claims about Jesus are only useful when in service of the Church’s apologetics and follow the creeds, which are themselves interpretive and historical claims about Jesus.…”

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