MMW 12 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Messiah In Judaism, Jesus Movement, Early Christianity

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 12
• Professor: Richard Cohen

Document Summary

Son of god : hebrew, christian and greek meanings n gospels come from different perspective u platonism only the idea (ideal world) is pure and perfect l. Jesus movement is one of the messiah movements (a branch) The term christian hasn"t been developed then (later created) Scholars avoid using the christian term to discuss early christianity. n roman/greek l christian reinterpretation of eschaton (from end of human time to end of u divine, powerful heroes are literally born from gods. Jesus failed to be the jewish messiah (put to death as a criminal); u augustus called his father caesar god so he is the son of god instead, he later became the christian messiah. It is possible for a human being to be regarded son of god a failure? n christian (distinction from hebrew bible since jesus" movement) n a period of time ended, and a new era began. u.