Jesus, the Gospels, and the Galilean Crisis

Ferda, Tucker S.

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“…So unless he had a death wish, Jesus would have to deal with the same reality that John did and navigate the same potential consequences. This is all the more likely because there is good reason to think that Jesus, after parting ways from the Baptist (either on account of his arrest or for another unknown reason), was not as popular as the Baptist, and thus the growth of his popularity constituted some development with which he had to reckon (see Ferda 2019: 188-96). The very fact that Jesus continued to minister at all after John’s arrest suggests this.…”

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“… 1. E.g., Stalker 1880: 104; Weizsäcker 1901: 305-306, 332, 395, 441; Manson 1953: 69-79; Goguel 1960: I, 144; II, 363-69, 377; Grundmann 1968: 364-65; Léon-Dufour 1968: 221. For a thorough discussion, see Ferda 2019: 63-146. …”

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“… 7. I also believe that the logic of the criteria of authenticity can still hold value if used responsibly and not to produce atomistic results; see Ferda 2019: 10-14. See also Hägerland 2015. …”

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Crowds, Bread and Fame: John 6.1-15 and History Revisited

Ferda

2019

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

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From the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century it was common to regard the unique conclusion to the Johannine account of the Feeding of the Five Thousand (6.15) as one of the most important episodes in Jesus’ public career. This view has all but disappeared from current Jesus research. This article revisits, challenges and ultimately reframes this thesis with the help of some recent developments in historical method in Jesus studies. The argument is this: even if the exact scenario in Jn 6.14-15 is not historical, the episode captures an important political dimension to Jesus’ activities that probably is historical and can illuminate other events in his life as well. Historians were right to highlight Jn 6.14-15, if perhaps for the wrong reasons.

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