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What did Jesus think of himself? How did he face death? What were his expectations of the future? And can we answer questions like these on the basis of the Gospels? In Constructing Jesus, internationally-renowned Jesus scholar Dale Allison addresses such perennially fascinating questions about Jesus. Allison presents the fruit of several decades of research and contends that the standard...

4. Although time’s passage may add perspective, memories are not evergreen; they become less and less distinct as the past recedes. Weeks, months, and years dim lucidity, reduce detail, and diminish emotional intensity.25 Output does not match input.26 5. Memories are subject to sequential displacement. We often move remembered events forward and backward in time.27 “Temporal judgments … appear to be highly reconstructive.”28 6. Individuals transmute memories into meaningful patterns that advance
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