It all depends where one enters the circle
Reading Jesus the Healer by Stevan Davies alongside Constructing Jesus by Dale Allison is an interesting exercise in chiaroscuro comparisons. Both agree on the nature of circularity at the heart of historical Jesus studies. Davies begins with a quotation from E. P. Sanders: In regard to Jesus research E. P. Sanders correctly observes, “There is, … Continue reading “It all depends where one enters the circle”