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Fragment from source no. 35 ( "The Present State of the 'Third Quest' for the Historical Jesus: Loss and Gain"):

Apart from the Jesus Seminar, most participants in the third quest would agree that Jesus was, at the very least, an eschatological prophet proclaiming the imminent coming of God’s definitive rule and kingdom, a rule and kingdom made present even now in Jesus’ authoritative teaching and mighty deeds of healing.

Fragment of the article Scholarly interpretation of Gospel elements:

Most of the scholars participating in the third quest hold that Jesus believed the end of history was coming within his own lifetime or within the lifetime of his contemporaries.

This sentence has the same three sources that I included in my last edition (no. 33, 34, 35). Please do not change the content of the article inconsistent with current sources. Wikipek (talk) 07:46, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the feedback, friend! However, I tweaked your edits to include (also from the article Scholarly interpretation of Gospel elements) about contemporary views on the subject of eschatology as there is still no consensus on the topic, and thus other views should be highlighted. Divus303 (talk) 15:48, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The article ("Eschatology") now includes well-sourced text: "Most of the scholars participating in the third quest hold that Jesus believed the end of history was coming within his own lifetime or within the lifetime of his contemporaries."

The third quest started in 1977 and lasted at least until 2021. In the next sentence you wrote today: "This view, generally known as "consistent eschatology," was influential during the early to the mid—twentieth century. "This is an obvious contradiction. Third quest these are modern times. See the title of source no. 35, created in 1999: The Present State of the 'Third Quest' for the Historical Jesus: Loss and Gain. So: This view, ... is currently influential! I don't have the source "Geddert, T. J. (1992). "Apocalyptic Teaching"", but it couldn't have been written there as you edited in the article: "This view, ... was influential during the early to the mid—twentieth century". This is obviously untrue. Unless the source is unreliable, even deceitful. Please remove the blatant and obvious contradiction (created by you today) between "Most of the scholars participating in the third quest hold that Jesus believed the end of history was coming within his own lifetime or within the lifetime of his contemporaries" and "This view, ... was influential during the early to the mid—twentieth century".

The same goes for the Apocalypticism article. Under an extensive paragraph, sourced from: Ehrman (2008), Doole (2020), Eurell (2020), Sanders (1993), Hays (2017), Keown (2017), Meier (1999), Theissen & Merz (1998) - today you wrote : "This view, ... was influential during the early to the mid—twentieth century." Please remove this untruth that creates an obvious contradiction in both articles. There cannot be contradictory statements in a Wikipedia article. The untruth must be removed. Wikipek (talk) 20:23, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

But there is no contradiction, the problem is that you are using the Third Quest in the present tense. Again, I am simply pasting from an already existing article. I concur that better sources should be used, however, in part due to the fact your sources (or yourself) misleadingly infer the apocalyptic portrait as the scholarly consensus. I have since added a better explanation to clear up your proposed contradiction, which better clearly reflects the current standing of biblical research. The information does seem to conflate the second quest with the third, so I have altered it.

There is no need for this section to be removed, as its important other views are represented given the topic isn't that of consensus, it just needed rewording to fix your proposed contradiction.

I have done a partial self-revert on the Apocalypticism page as I just noticed I added repeated sources. I have removed the repetitions and also merged the sections. The edits for Eschatology at your request have been done to clear up your proposed contradiction and to better reflect scholarly consensus. Some of the sources are also wrong, for example one cites the research from the Second Quest when its clearly talking about the Third. I have also reworded the text on the sections themselves to better represent the sources (Meier, for example, is cited but is misrepresented). This suffices, I hope that settles the issue. Divus303 (talk) 20:29, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is no misleadingly inference. If a most of scholars share a view, it is not yet a consensus. Wikipek (talk) 22:49, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless, the revisions I have made better reflect what scholars and the sources themselves say, acknowledging different perspectives. You were partially correct about the contradiction, so thank you for pointing that out. However, there were still important revisions to be made, I hope you understand and I hope the current forms satisfy you. Divus303 (talk) 22:59, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Divus303! Your additions to

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Gravely sorry! I copy-pasted information that was already part of the Old Testament messianic prophecies quoted in the New Testament which wasn't originally by me in the first place. I was unaware of any copyright infringement. Thank you for the highlight though. Divus303 (talk) 00:26, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You've got a sneaky way of pov-pushing. It's no coincidence that I check your edits, and with good reason: diff diff. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 10:39, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am literally pushing no POV. The first edit was literally one word, lol. The other was condensing a source. Divus303 (talk) 10:41, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Historical reliability of the Gospels. This means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be although other editors disagree. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus, rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.

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If you find yourself in an editing dispute, use the article's talk page to discuss controversial changes and work towards a version that represents consensus among editors. You can post a request for help at an appropriate noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, it may be appropriate to request temporary page protection. If you engage in an edit war, you may be blocked from editing. This warning goes to both users involved and it not a comment on who is right Jeppiz (talk) 11:19, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gotcha, I'll remember to use the talk page next time. Sorry for the bother. Divus303 (talk) 11:31, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]