1. Jesus…Portraits & Images
a WebQuest

2. Jesus’ Passport Name: Yehoshua Place of birth: Bethlehem
Date of birth:
6BC (approximately)
Religion: Jew
Place of work: Nazareth
Mother: Mary of Nazareth
Appearance:
Dark complexion
(brown eyes, black hair)

3. Jesus – a summary (Marcus Borg)
Jesus was a Jewish peasant, which tells us about his social class.
Jesus was a wisdom teacher. His use of language was remarkable and poetic, filled with images and stories.
Jesus was a social prophet like Gandhi or Martin Luther King. He challenged the dominate system of his day.

4. Jesus – a summary (cont.)
Jesus was a healer
He was a Jewish mystic. He had a spiritual presence around him, like that reported of St. Francis or the Dalai Lama.

5. Jesus – a summary (cont.)
Some people would say that he was insane, as his family did, or that he was simply eccentric, or that he was a dangerous threat, or you could conclude that he was filled with the
Spirit of God
History & Timeline of Jesus

6. Introduction There are two different portraits of Jesus… There is the:
Pre-Easter Jesus - the historical figure, the Jesus of Nazareth, a figure of the past, and the,
Post-Easter Jesus - the Jesus of the New Testament. What Jesus became after his death, the Jesus of Christian experience and tradition.