Joni-san

Despite the title I am not talking about Pirate Jesus, but of another thing

When reading the bible it sometimes strikes me that, how shall I say it, there is not one Jesus who preached, but many whose teachings have been put together.

I've also juggled the thought that there may have been a man who opposed the Romans and was then Crucified.

I know this may sound horribly vague and I can't give concrete examples but the tone of The Sermon of the Mountain is radically different from the part where Jesus curses the Fig tree and the part where he says that only those who hate their family can follow him.

Toughts? Critique?

Please excuse me for eventual typos and bad grammar.

braces_for_impact

You're not the first to come up with the idea in fact.

If you're interested in Jesus info/theories...

Historical Jesus theories

Jesus Puzzle

Joni-san

Thanks for the links. I'll read them later

And as the saying goes "There is nothing new under the sun"

Chris Weimer

That's actually the basis of the historical Jesus, that there were many teachings composite in the gospels.The Jesus of Mark v. Matthew v. Luke v. John v. Paul v. James v. Thomas v. Peter etc... ad infinitum

S.C.Carlson

"Jesii"?

John A. Broussard

Would you prefer "Jesuses"?

Toto

Jesuses is standard. Jesii is pseudo-Latin.

S.C.Carlson

It's a good question what the plural of Jesus would be in Latin. If second declension, we're looking at Jesi; if fourth, it would be Jesus.

The form Jesii looks like a plural of *Jesius.

John A. Broussard

How about in a Spanish speaking community where two kids are named Jesus?

Since I'm not sure about Spanish plurals, make that somewhere in Los Angeles with an English newspaper referring to the kids.

Chris Weimer

The Vulgate has Iesus, Iesu, Iesu, Iesum, Iesu for Jesus, which isn't necessarily fourth since the genitive would be Iesus with a macron over the u. How about "many men named Jesus"?