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14 Jan 2009 07:19 pm
Her Own Personal Jesus
Camille Paglia unpacks:
Personally, I do believe there was a historical Jesus. The
evidence is fragmentary but, to me, convincing that a charismatic,
itinerant preacher of his name was swept up into the cruel politics of
the Roman occupation of fractious, rebellious Judaea. Furthermore, as a
literary critic, I hear a very distinct speaking voice in the sayings
attributed to Jesus. This was a brilliant poet who was able to find
simple, universal metaphors (a coin, a tree, a mustard seed) to convey
spiritual truths to the masses. He was also a performing artist with
startling improvisational gifts. Whether or not he himself thought he
was the Messiah is unclear. A solid general education today should
include Siddhartha (the Buddha), Jesus and Mohammed, all of whom
radically changed the world.
I love that "startling improvisational gifts." I presume she does not mean the resurrection.
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