GEZA VERMES gave a lecture recently on Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls which is summarized in the Bournemouth Daily Echo:

Professor’s quest for the ‘real’ Jesus

7:00pm Wednesday 27th May 2009

By Fiona Pendlebury »

JESUS was a charismatic Jewish teacher rather than the divine figure of Christianity.

That is one of the claims of Professor Geza Vermes, an expert on the historical Jesus, and one of the first people to examine the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Prof Vermes, who is Professor Emeritus of Jewish Studies at Oxford University, gave a talk to a packed audience at the Orthodox Synagogue in Bournemouth on the historical Jesus. He has penned several books on the subject.

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