I sm no disciple of Elaine. Your lack of sophistication is embarassing. Yes, I was so bold as to attend an elite colllege. Elaine would not have her seat warm if she taught only her own biases. We were free to disagree with her. She was respectful. In fact, she overheard us griping about the publish or perish directive at the university. We had Nobel Prize winners and profs very famous in their fields. The problem was that we were not advanced grad students. We were college students and most profs cannot teach to save their lives. Someone great teacher we adored was denied tenure. She remarked how important publish or perish was. She said she could tell us anything outrageous and we would not know better.
She told us of her travails publishing her first book. To make certain her scholarship contributed to the field and she was not distorting anything, she had to meet with Koestler at Harvard. Next, she had to go to Europe to meet with German scholars. She was very young. It was her first time. She said she was terrified. Meeting and subjecting your work to peers is the only test of whether you have heft. If you would ever reference an academic database, you would find exacting reviews of each scholar's work. My feeling is that the NT field is still relatively small so the criticism of each new work is high.
Exposing yourself to others and not finding what you want to find is the first mark of maturity. It separates true college students from high school students. Real life is not a high school book report. As I said, I am not the only person here who knows the scholarsihp. Drink more Kool-Akd and surprise us with nonsensical findings. You should be aware of your bias. Do you think that I have an imaginary Jesus in my mind and heart" He is blonde haired, blue eyed, and a Shakesperean actor. HIs eyes have special drops in them so he stands out more. The cinematogrohphy emphasies Jesus and deemphasizes the bystanders. My Jesus never trips on stones. He moves like a Gazelle. What is more my Jesus clears up centuries of fighting within the church about his nature. Jesus boldly states "I am God. I am the Son of Man." He then recites the Nicene Creed.
My Jesus loves the Beatles and Dylan. Mary , his mother, Mary Magdalene, and Mary and Martha are the most beuatiful women in the world. My Jesus approves of every thing I do. This is not remarkable. Look at Rembrandt paintings. He is Dutch Middle Class. Yet when Salvador Dali or Andu Warhol paint jesus, he is postmodern.
Grow up.