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<DIV>Jim, Thank you for resurrecting Joe’s paper. </DIV>
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<DIV> Joe’s paper captures the essence of conclusions from over 70+ years
of scholarly work on the New Testament and the historical Jesus. </DIV>
<DIV> The popular assumption is and has been that the faith
and teaching of the church are rooted in the faith and teaching of Jesus.
This idea, however, proves completely unfounded when you check the data.
The truth is that there is a dichotomy between Jesus and the church. While
the church may name Jesus as its founder, what it preaches and what Jesus had to
say are very different.</DIV>
<DIV> The ‘Jesus Sayings Traditions’ were quickly eclipsed in
favor of the church’s power game based on the Christ happening, death and
resurrection and exaltation as abstracted doctrines. Rod
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