Incoherent rambling is not completely unheard of on this blog. So I was prepared to give Eagleton some benefit of the doubt on his ramble about whether Jesus was “Messiah or
\nBolshevik”, on the Guardian’s Comment is Free.<\/a> However, this turns out to be an “edited excerpt from Terry Eagleton’s introduction to The Gospels” so I’m treating it as fair game.<\/p>\n

Eagleton’s answer to the patently absurd question is summarised in the tag line as<\/p>\n

The Christ of the Gospels is indeed a revolutionary – but of a millenarian, rather than a political, stripe<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wikipedia get a bad press in universities – quoting it will supposedly get you a fail mark – but I’d definitely say that, on the basis of Wikipedia’s definitions of these terms, the answer is clearly “No Jesus wasn’t a Bolshevik.<\/a> As to whether he qualifies as a Messiah, that depends which definition you are using. Maybe he was indeed anointed with oil.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Messiah disambiguation page <\/a>offers<\/p>\n

Messiah can refer to:
\n * Messiah, a religious concept
\n o Jewish Messiah claimants
\n o List of messiah claimants
\n o Alternately Christ (Greek translation of the term)
\n * Messiah College, a Christian liberal arts college in Grantham, PA
\n * Lionel Messi, Messiah is nickname of famous Argentinian football player<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, OK, he qualifies on “the Greek word for Christ” bit. Unless you were wondering if he was an Argentinian football player*, in which case the answer is “No. Well, no more likely than that he was a Bolshevik”<\/p>\n

Well, ask a silly question, get a silly answer, indeed. Eagleton does indeed conclude that Jesus wasn’t a bolshevik. Wow, the man’s an intellectual giant! <\/p>\n

Must run right out and read these fascinating gospels of which he speaks…..<\/p>\n

* Disambiguation (is that really a word?) football= soccer \ud83d\ude42 This Messiah appears to have been born in place called Rosario, which translates as Rosary. So, maybe, he is the REAL Messiah.<\/p>\n

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