[October 1999 journal entry] Possible ‘from below’ texts in the Synoptic Gospels’ representations of ‘Jesus’:
- the sheep and goats story (Matthew 25:31-46),
- indications that ‘religion’ and ‘religious’ leaders were central contributors to the death of ‘Jesus’,
- the ‘destroy the temple’ comments attributed to him,
- the teaching attributed to him about the ‘two centering commandments’,
- his reaction to those considered ‘unclean’,
- the ‘rich ruler’ story,
- his touching lepers. Re the latter – What would have been the ‘gospel of Jesus’ if ‘Jesus’ did not touch and in other ways respect lepers? Can the move be made from any one such instance to a judgment re the sort of person ‘Jesus’ should be seen to be?
