Only strong anti-supernaturalism can claim that naturalistic occurrences are “historical” while supernatural events are legendary fabrications. Regarding miracles, historical criticism cannot discount the occurrence of miracles as a fact of history simply because they are unusual or unverifiable. Ignorance of his own divinity may reflect a functional aspect of the incarnation rather than a defect in his ontology. Similarly, part of kenotic Christology is to accept certain limitations on Jesus’ knowledge (cf. He may have known that he was divine but strategically chose not to disclose that information overtly. Scholars cannot pronounce with absolute certainty Jesus’ psychological self-perception. Nevertheless, there are limitations to the study of the historical Jesus.
0 kommentar(er)
