I very much enjoyed this piece. One claim confused me, so I must be missing your meaning.
Referring to Jesus' "significance," you say its "summative importance for Jewish and even all of human history is not straightforwardly obvious...." But I would think that Jesus' life is among the most significant in all of human history, regardless of one's faith commitments, and that such is obvious indeed. Put differently, though I am not Muslim, I would not disagree that Muhammad's vast significance to human history is also quite obvious. Like I said, I may be missing your meaning. Thank you, again, for the essay!
Maybe we could put it as the import or ultimate meaning of His importance is not obvious, even if the fact of said importance qua historical significance is more clear
I very much enjoyed this piece. One claim confused me, so I must be missing your meaning.
Referring to Jesus' "significance," you say its "summative importance for Jewish and even all of human history is not straightforwardly obvious...." But I would think that Jesus' life is among the most significant in all of human history, regardless of one's faith commitments, and that such is obvious indeed. Put differently, though I am not Muslim, I would not disagree that Muhammad's vast significance to human history is also quite obvious. Like I said, I may be missing your meaning. Thank you, again, for the essay!
Maybe we could put it as the import or ultimate meaning of His importance is not obvious, even if the fact of said importance qua historical significance is more clear