Birthdate: February 17, 1934
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland
John Dominic Crossan is an Irish-American New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity, and former Catholic priest. He is a prominent member of the Jesus Seminar and an emeritus professor at DePaul University. Crossan’s research primarily focuses on the historical Jesus, noncanonical Gospels, and applying postmodern hermeneutical approaches to the Bible. He challenges traditional views by portraying the Second Coming as a later distortion of Jesus’ message and interpreting Jesus’ divinity as metaphorical. Crossan emphasizes the social context of Jesus and his followers post-mortem, highlighting themes of free healing, communal meals, and the rejection of societal hierarchies. His work on a non-eschatological view of Jesus and the value of noncanonical Gospels has made him a significant figure in contemporary historical Jesus research, despite controversy over the dating and superiority of certain noncanonical texts.
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