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Title
Standing on the shoulders of giants: re-tuning John O'Neill's theory of the blasphemy charge against Jesus
Author/Creator
King, Fergus J.
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Education & Arts, School of Education
Description
The late John O'Neill repeatedly argued that a Jewish Law about claiming to be the Messiah lay at the root of the charge against Jesus. This demanded that Jesus never speak of himself as Messiah. O'Neill elaborated an elaborate series of arguments to show that Jesus maintained silence about his status. This paper summarises and analyses O'Neill's various writings and suggests that this thesis, as it stands, that Jesus was condemned for breaking a law about claiming to be the Messiah does not hold up. An examination of some Philonic evidence, however, yields traces of a legal charge based on self testimony -which might form the basis of a charge against Jesus. The charge focuses on the nature rather than substance of the claim, as O'Neill assetted, and gains some support from recent research on identity formation.
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Irish Biblical Studies Vol. 28, Issue 2, p. 52-77
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http://www.union.ac.uk/publications
Date
2010
Publisher
Union Theological College
Keyword(s)
Jewish law;  John O'Neill;  Jesus;  identity formation
Resource Type
journal article
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/931526
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ISSN:0268-6112
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