Quote of the day
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
E. P. Sanders
Born: April 18, 1937
Died: November 21, 2022 (aged 85)
Bio: Ed Parish Sanders was a New Testament scholar and one of the principal proponents of the "New Perspective on Paul". He was a major scholar in contemporary scholarship on the historical Jesus, and he contributed to the view that Jesus was part of a renewal movement within Judaism.
Known for:
- Paul and Palestinian Judaism (1977)
- The historical figure of Jesus (1993)
- Jesus and Judaism (1985)
- Judaism: Practice and Belief, 63 BCE-66 CE (1992)
- Paul, the law, and the Jewish people (1983)