Jesus, Memory, and the Nature of the Gospels | Dale C. Allison Jr. | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #37

🔍 Overview: In this episode of The Socratic Sessions, Samuel Devis speaks with Dale C. Allison Jr. about his book The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus. Together, they explore how memory, legend, oral tradition, and theology shaped the Gospels, and why the historical quest for Jesus may reveal more about us than it does about him.

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🗣️ Highlights
[Highlight 1]: Too Many Jesuses: Why Every Scholar Finds a Different One
[Highlight 2]: Can you separate the Historical Jesus from Legend?
[Highlight 3]: Jesus Thought the World Was Ending — Was He Wrong?

🕒 Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
2:16 - Dale C. Allison Jr. and Biblical Studies
4:03 - The Origins of Critical Biblical Questioning
10:01 - What Genre are the Gospels?
11:49 - A Plethora of Historical Jesuses
17:01 - The Role of Oral Tradition
21:57 - Early Christian Creeds within Pauline Epistles and the Gospels
24:35 - Memory, Legend and Extricating Jesus
35:07 - Cognitive Bias in Jesus Research
38:57 - Redaction and Theological Shaping in the Gospels
48:32 - The Gospel of John: Theology over History
52:18 - John and the Synoptics
54:12 - The Real Goal Behind the Jesus Quest
59:50 - Eschatology and Literalism
1:05:19 - Nicaea and the Historical Jesus
1:10:38 - Closing Remarks

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The Historical Christ and the Theological Jesus by Dale C. Allison Jr.: https://amzn.to/41wkFlu
The Resurrection of Jesus: Apologetics, Polemics, History by Dale C. Allison Jr.: https://amzn.to/4d35iVC
Interpreting Jesus by Dale C. Allison Jr.: https://amzn.to/4jEq5kU
University Website: https://ptsem.edu/faculty/dale-c-allison-jr/

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