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The Madness of King Jesus

Why was Jesus Put to Death, but his Followers were not?

Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge, CB, jjm1000{at}cam.ac.uk

To argue that Jesus of Nazareth was put to death by the Roman authorities because they believed him to be a royal pretender of some kind, fails to explain satisfactorily why he was killed but his followers were not. A possible solution to this conundrum, which is supported by neglected contextual data, is that the Romans thought Jesus of Nazareth to be a deranged and deluded lunatic.

Key Words: Jesus • death • madness • king

Journal for the Study of the New Testament, Vol. 29, No. 4, 379-413 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0142064X07078990


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