Originally Posted by kerry

He definitely was the model religious entrepeneur. A Jewish savior seems unlikely to have had much appeal in the far flung reaches of the Roman empire, so ignoring Jesus' Jewishness was a shrewd move, even if he knew of it. So that makes me think that the whole 'Son of Man' theme in the gospel of Mark, may be an attempt to construct a hero who is not a Jewish messiah but a savior for the human race instead of just for Jews. This would then give need for the writing of more Jewish gospels to support the Christianity-as-a-sect-of-Judaism group.