Entre ficciones e historia: del Jesús histórico al Jesús galileo

Abstract

This paper reproduces in full the inaugural conference of the Chair of Studies on Religions (CER) of the School of Philosophy at the University of Costa Rica. By focusing on the study of the historical figure of Jesus, this conference outlines a status quæstionis of the discipline of the “historical Jesus” in relation to theology, the sciences of religion and the historical-critical method. At the same time, it argues that some of the modern historical paradigms about Jesus are influenced by fictional creations that do not correspond to the data thrown by critical readings. Finally, it concludes with the proposals mostly accepted about the Galilean Jesus as the starting point of a further discussion.