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This text analyzes key themes in historical Jesus research, such as Jesus’ Galilean origins, the scope of his ministry, and Jewish models of “holy men,” particularly prophets. The text also examines Jesus’ teaching and healing, his trial and crucifixion, his resurrection, and the links between the Jesus movement and the early church. The book explains and discusses the positions of a variety of...

The person most commonly credited with inaugurating the Quest was a respected Hamburg professor of oriental languages, Hermann Reimarus.2 Outwardly professing an orthodox Christian piety, Reimarus kept his real views on Christian origins hidden. It was only after his death that the Wolfenbüttal Fragments, part of a longer work known as the Apology, were published anonymously by G. E. Lessing. Of particular interest are two treatises: ‘On the Resurrection
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