RELIGST 2QQ3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Jesus Movement, Codex Sinaiticus, Muratorian Fragment

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2QQ3
• Professor: Robin K Cameron

Document Summary

Christianity began as a jewish sectarian movement in the first century c. e. amongst those who believed that the messiah had come in the person of jesus of nazareth. Many scholars do not use the term "christians" but rather "christ believers" to identify those who had this belief at this early stage. Jesus and all his followers were jewish as was paul and probably most of the authors of the documents comprising the new testament, the christian additions to the jewish bible. The figure of jesus christ is central to christianity. Most christians identify as christians because of what they believe about jesus in terms of his life and death. Two figures important in christian origins: jesus and paul. Jesus born in palestine perhaps in 4 b. c. e. Matthew and luke states that he was born in bethlehem but his contemporaries believed he came from nazareth in galilee.