![]() ![]() One of the foremost scripture scholars of his generation, Meier is professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame. Such is the task Meier has assigned himself in the first two volumes-with a third forthcoming-of his magnum opus, A Marginal Jew (Doubleday), which has become a standard work in the study of the historical Jesus. ![]() Yet, the quest for the historical Jesus-or "Jesus research," the term Meier prefers- does an irreplaceable job of making the Jesus of faith more concrete as an historical person who actually lived in first-century Palestine. ![]() My faith in Christ does not rise or fall with my attempt to state what I can or cannot know about Jesus of Nazareth by means of modern historical research." Meier has written, "the full reality of Jesus Christ is mediated through many channels. When it comes to figuring out what the Jesus of Christian faith has to do with the anthropological Jesus studied by historians, Catholics are lucky: They have lots of options. ![]()
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