John Dominic Crossan

thumb|John Dominic Crossan in 2008 John Dominic Crossan (born February 17, 1934) is an Irish-American New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity, and former Catholic priest who was a prominent member of the Jesus Seminar. Quotes If you're saying "Well, the general resurrection is coming soon" or "The apocalyptic consummation is coming soon", you can say that all you want because it's in the future and you can't be wrong unless you're stupid enough to date it. J.D. Crossan 2000 UNI lecture on the historical Jesus 03 December 2012 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2m7I4WEoso&t=2987s (timestamp: 48:09) My point, once again, is not that those ancient people told literal stories and we are now smart enough to take them symbolically, but that they told them symbolically and we are now dumb enough to take them literally. 1996 Who Is Jesus? Answers to Your Questions About the Historical Jesus John Dominic Crossan Westminster John Knox Press Louisville, KY 9780664258429 https://books.google.ie/books?id=XNkKf5htZq4C&pg=PA79#v=onepage&q&f=false See also Historical Jesus External links Category:Academics from the United States Category:Historians from the United States Category:Christian radicals Category:1934 births Category:Living people