Dysphoric Kitten Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Hello guys! It is me, the new kid from Israel! If you ever wanted to help a writer in need, but never had the chance - here I am, right now. What is it about? Well, it goes like this - I have, not long ago, discovered a book in my head, just after I watched Tim Minchin in "Jesus Christ: Superstar". Sadly, though, this idea concerns Jesus, whom I know almost nothing about. Now, what I need to know is how his life went, in the best chronological order I can, with reasonable details, but I have absolutely no will to read the whole new testament, find explanatory texts to read, track down a stray priest in the other side of the country who knows it all, and assemble the knowledge. I would much rather speak with you, get some information and ask for other, talk about the book, even plan it together if you are interested. So if you are up for it, and do not mind me bothering you a bit, I would love for you to either reply here of PM me. Thank you for your time! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robinski Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 I'm possibly the worst qualified person to help you - I'd need to do the research myself before I could offer anything but the most basic response. Sorry, and good luck with your idea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommandanteLemming Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 PM me. I know it pretty well (yes I'm religious but I've helped atheist writers with this stuff before) and know the Judaic cultural content pretty well too. The good news is you don't need to read the whole new Testament. The chronology is just the first four books of the New Testament (the Gospels). Better yet, you don't even need all the Gospels. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke all repeat roughly the same series of events (they are called the Synoptic Gospels for that reason). So you can read just one of those and get basics - Mark is the shortest and probably earliest. Matthew is written mostly for a Jewish audience and focuses the narrative on Jesus as the prophesied Messiah of Israel. Luke is more written with an eye on Jesus as a worldwide redemption figure and appeals more to a non-Jewish audience. The fourth gospel, John, was written specifically as an appendix to the other three - it's "oh and this stuff also happened"....but it's also the most cited gospel and the only source for a lot of iconic events. So my advice to you would be to read one synoptic gospel and John. Much easier than whole New Testament. The only other historical book in the New Testament is Acts - which covers the foundation of the early Church starting from the aftermath of the resurrection and running through the ministry of the Apostle Paul (coincidentally, Acts is written specifically as a sequel to the Gospel of Luke). The rest of the New Testament after that is mostly letters from the apostles elucidating doctrine - not useful in your context - and the last book (Revelation) is end-of-the-world prophecy...Jesus is in that one too but if you just want historical detail then future Jesus is not going to be important for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trixster Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 here ya go http://www.datesandevents.org/people-timelines/36-timeline-of-jesus.htm Google FTW. I'm pretty sure you could google any of the sub heading along the time line and read about it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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