And I still want to know the truth about this luminous figure, Jesus of Nazareth.

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In its earliest days Exodus did indeed promise that it (or, more properly, Jesus of Nazareth as Risen Lord) could and would reliably change believer sexual orientations, completely.

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Like the Muslims, the Mormons believe God's covenant with Abraham, and the message of Jesus of Nazareth, were distorted by later generations only to be corrected by their own prophet.

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In Mr. McBurney and Edward Kemp's version, the Master's novel, several scenes of which are shown, details Pontius Pilate negotiating with a naked preacher, Yeshua Ha-Notsri (echoing the Hebrew for "Jesus of Nazareth").

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She insists that Jesus of Nazareth made no claim to be divine: a famous New Testament passage that expounds both his self-abasement and divine glory does not mean what Christians think it means, she adds.

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In his 2011 book, "Jesus of Nazareth, " he made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Christ, explaining biblically and theologically why there was no basis in Scripture for the argument that the Jewish people as a whole were responsible for Jesus' death.

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By looking at many different forms of theocracy and Caesaropapism, she hopes to create a context that renders comprehensible the emergence of Jesus of Nazareth as a preacher in villages in Galilee, the wildfire spread of Christianity, and its adoption as the official religion by the Roman empire.

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Considered by many to be the greatest living theologian, he authored more than 65 books, stretching from the classic "Introduction to Christianity" in 1968 to the final installment of his triptych on "Jesus of Nazareth" last year considered by some to be his most important contribution to the church.

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