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Jesus Christ : Biography

1st-century Jewish teacher and prophet in whom Christians have traditionally seen the Messiah [Heb.,=annointed one, whence Christ from the Greek] and whom they have characterized as Son of God and as Word or Wisdom of God incarnate. Muslims acknowledge him as a prophet, and Hindus as an avatar (see avatara). He was born just before the death of King Herod the Great (37 B.C.–4 B.C.) and was crucified after a brief public ministry during Pontius Pilate’s term as prefect of Judaea (A.D. 26–36). 1

Primary Sources of Information on Jesus
The primary sources for Jesus’ life and teaching are the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John (see articles on the individual books, e.g., Matthew, Gospel according to), though these are not biographies but theologically framed accounts of the ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus, i.e., of the basic subject matter of Christian preaching and teaching. Other books of the New Testament add few further details. Among non-Christian writers of antiquity, Tacitus, Suetonius, and Pliny the Younger refer to Jesus, as does Josephus (Joseph ben Matthias) in at least one passage. The 2d-century Gospel of Thomas sheds light on the development of the tradition of Jesus’ sayings. 2

  
  
  


Jesus Christ : Portraits

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Entrée de Jesus à Jerusalem & dernier repas, Constantinople, 1650
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Jésus à Gethsémani, Mosaique Romane de S. Appolinare Nuovo, Ravene, 549
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Communion des Apotres, Russie, XVe siècle
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La Nativité, école de Moscou, 1500
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La Nativité, école Crétoise, XVIe siècle
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La présentation du Christ au temple, Russie, école du Nord, fin XVIe siècle
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Le batême du Christ, Russie, moitié du XVIe siècle
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Entrée à Jérusalem, Russie Centrale, fin du XVIe siècle
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La Crucifixion, école de Moscou, 1600
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Piero della Francesca, le Bapteme du Christ, vers 1450
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Francesco Albani, le Bapteme du Christ, vers 1630-1635
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Jean-Batiste-Camille Corot, le Bapteme du Christ, 1845-1847
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Duccio di Buoninsegna, La Tentation du Christ sur la montagne, vers 1308
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La Tentation du Christ, tire du Miroir de l'humaine salvation, Flandres, Xve siecle.
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La Tentation du Christ au désert, tire de la vie du Christ, Allemagne, XVe siecle.
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Cosimo Rosselli, La Cene, 1481
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Fra Angelico et atelier, L'eucharistie, 1438-1445
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Maitre du retable de Regler, Couronnement d'epines (1445-1450)
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Quentin Massys, Ecce Homo, vers 1515
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Fra Angelico et atelier, Le Christ cloue a la Croix, fin des annees 1430, debut des annees 1440.
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Maitre de la pieta de Saint Germain des Pres (actif entre 1502 vers 1505), le Christ montant a calvaire.
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Lorrenzo Lotto, Le Christ portant la Croix, 1526
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Diego Velasquez, Le Christ en Croix, vers 1632
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Emil Nolde, la Crucifixion, 1911-1912
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Graham Sutherland, La Crucifixion, 1946.
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Rembrandt, Les pelerins d'Emmaus, 1648

Jesus Christ : Links

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