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IN SEARCH OF THE HISTORICAL JESUS DISCOUNT FOR CLERGY & STUDENTS with Helen Bond Around the year 30AD, in an insignificant province of the Roman Empire, a Jewish prophet, teacher and healer met a shameful and brutal end on a Roman cross. 2,000 years later, this obscure figure has over two billion followers and is acknowledged as the most influential person ever to have walked the earth. As people of faith, we know Jesus through the Gospels. But scholarly enquiry into the historical figure of Jesus has brought new insight and illumination. On this course you will look at Jesus in his historical context: his Jewish heritage, the turbulent political climate in which he lived his life, his message, friends and enemies, his execution, and ask what difference this understanding makes to us in the 21st Century. Helen Bond is Professor of Christian Origins and Head of the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on the social and political history of Judaea under Roman rule, the historical Jesus, and the canonical gospels. She is the author of Pontius Pilate in History and Interpretation, The Historical Jesus: A Guide for the Perplexed, and Jesus: A Very Brief History. She has acted as historical consultant for a number of TV programmes, including BBC’s Nativity, and History Channel’s The Bible, and has appeared in over 50 documentaries. £235 Fri 20th - Sun 22nd SEP £160 RESIDENTIAL FROM NON-RESIDENTIAL
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I N S E A R C H O F T H E H I S T O R I C A L J E S U S
DISCOUNT FOR CLERGY & STUDENTS
with Helen Bond
Around the year 30AD, in an insignificant province of the Roman Empire, a Jewish prophet, teacher
and healer met a shameful and brutal end on a Roman cross. 2,000 years later, this obscure figure has
over two billion followers and is acknowledged as the most influential person ever to have walked the
earth. As people of faith, we know Jesus through the Gospels. But scholarly enquiry into the
historical figure of Jesus has brought new insight and illumination. On this course you will look at
Jesus in his historical context: his Jewish heritage, the turbulent political climate in which he lived
his life, his message, friends and enemies, his execution, and ask what difference this understanding
makes to us in the 21st Century.
Helen Bond is Professor of Christian Origins and Head of the School of Divinity
at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on the social and political
history of Judaea under Roman rule, the historical Jesus, and the canonical
gospels. She is the author of Pontius Pilate in History and Interpretation, The
Historical Jesus: A Guide for the Perplexed, and Jesus: A Very Brief History. She
has acted as historical consultant for a number of TV programmes, including
BBC’s Nativity, and History Channel’s The Bible, and has appeared in over 50
documentaries.
£ 2 3 5 Fri 20th - Sun 22nd
S E P£ 1 6 0
RESIDENTIAL FROM NON-RESIDENTIAL
P R O G R A M M E
Fri 20th
S E P T E M B E R 6pm Welcome to Gladstone’s Library & introductions
8pm Jesus in his Social and Political Context
Sat 21st
S E P T E M B E R 10am Jesus and the Kingdom11am Coffee
11.30am Jesus and Women4pm Tea
4.30pm Crucifixion of a Holy Man8pm Film TBC
Sun 22nd
S E P T E M B E R 10am Jesus’ Legacy11am Coffee
11.30am Eucharist
D I N I N G :8 A M - 9 A M B R E A K F A S T | 6 . 3 0 P M D I N N E R | 1 2 . 3 0 P M L U N C H
