RS235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Isaiah 53, Pharisees

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RS235
• Professor: Amanda Witmer

Document Summary

Lecture 13: the meaning of jesus" death: gospel writers show his death as not a tragedy but a central expression about what he was about. It was gods design for salvation and liberation: saw the crucifixion as god"s act. Jews and romans killed jesus but god also had something to do with this: christ"s death is an expression of god"s love, elements that make up building blocks in understanding of jesus" death. Suffering is a central theme in israelite/jewish tradition. The predictable fate of a prophet; typically appeared when society and its leaders needed to be told god"s uncomfortable truth regarding their injustice, oppression, or religious ideology; this always got the prophet into trouble. The predictable fate of a righteous or just person; people who did god"s will consistently and without fail in a world that rebelled against god"s will and those who do it;