Phil -- Would you agree (whether Yeshua was a prophet, an avatar, a rather fantastical carpenter, or someone with a unique relationship to God -- take your pick) that his essential mission (pardon the term) was to reform Judaism? That he (if he existed, please see Josephus) had absolutely no intention of and no desire to create another religion? Julie Krueger ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Reframing Christianity [was hijacking] Date: 2/27/06 6:55:08 A.M. Central Standard Time From: _phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: I had written: "The partisanship comes into view when the Synoptics are dismissed as 'corruptions' of that ur-text." to which Eric wrote: "Who said anything about 'corruptions'?" Well, if we are talking about the Q crowd, which of them doesn't? I recently heard Crossan do his spiel, so let me give him as a particular example. But leaving the Q crowd aside, this thread began with my responding to Julie's accusation that Christianity hijacked Yeshua's message. Sincerely, Phil Enns Toronto, ON ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html