For them, no single image of Jesus will do.These thinkers see Jesus as both apocalyptic prophet and reforming sage, as purifier of Judaism and builder of a new order.

• 他说：“作为一个西方圣经研究学者，我倾向于对这些（福音书的）故事持怀疑态度，但是作为一个历史学家我只得把它们当作是可信的。”