The Jubilee of the Words of Jesus ?

© Wim van den Dungen
Antwerp, 1997 - 2008.

Consider the lilies how they grow : 
they toil not, they spin not.
Q1 67

From the Jesus-people to early Christianity
The Wisdom Discourse or the "Logia Iesu"
Identifying the Historical Jesus
Q1 : an Interpretation
Jesus the Christ : a theology

Q1

The Gospel of Thomas

From the Jesus-people to early Christianity

Introduction
The original movements around Jesus
Christianity is apostolic & evangelical
Freedom of expression & the Jesus-movements
The organization of early Christianity
The rise of Roman Catholicism
Early heresies
Christology, Trinitarism & Catholicism imposed "de manu militari"
Selection of suggestive historical landmarks
Selection of themes
Towards a description of Christianity ?
Conclusion

Identifying the Historical Jesus

Introduction
Selection of premises & hermeneutical rules of the Jesus Seminar

• The Jesus Seminar
• Selection of premises
• Hermeneutical evidence

Q1 : the earliest layer of Q
The English text of the Gospel of Thomas
A classification
An exercise in balance
Conclusion

The Wisdom Discourse or the "Logia Iesu"

Q1 : an Interpretation

Jesus the Christ : a theology

initiated : 11 XI 1997 - last update : 25 XI 2005 - version n°7

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