Geza Vermes

Remembering Geza Vermes Mark Goodacre, NT Blog. An authority on the early history of both Judaism and Christianity, Geza Vermes, who passed away this week, translated the Dead Sea Scrolls and revolutionized the academic study of Jesus.

The Original Jews for Jesus Mark Edwards, Marginalia. It wasn’t unusual in Jesus’ time to find Jews claiming that they could heal long-distance and raise the dead. Why was it only Jesus who attained the status of a god?

Among the Saints Geza Vermes, Standpoint. “For many years I was aware of having been in close contact in my youth with a priest, later bishop, who was beatified in the Roman Catholic Church.”