Part I
In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jesus, Fisk starts out by introducing the main character, "Norm". He was a religion major in college and is embarking on a journey to the Holy Land as a graduation present from his parents. The purpose of his quest is to try to discover and examine the historical Jesus while still keeping faith with the Jesus of scripture. His seatmates on the plane, a young boy and a heavy-set older woman greet him. He finds that the woman, Dorothy, is actually quite sharp and proceeds to have an intellectual conversation with her about some Roman writers that Norm is reading about. First is the story of Pliny, which most of the conversation is spent on. The two then talk about Tacitus and Josephus as well and Norm discovers he can actually have quite a substantial conversation with this woman.
Part II
Norm and his steps leading up to his journey and find so many connections in the scripts. The conversation between Dorothy and Norm brought into reality how some people would look at the situations; it helped to develop dual opinions on the situations discussed. Norm is discovering that the tension between scholars based on faith and those based on history is high (27). He will have to use the principles given to him by Guilder throughout his journey to analyze situations and readings (29).
In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Jesus, Fisk starts out by introducing the main character, "Norm". He was a religion major in college and is embarking on a journey to the Holy Land as a graduation present from his parents. The purpose of his quest is to try to discover and examine the historical Jesus while still keeping faith with the Jesus of scripture. His seatmates on the plane, a young boy and a heavy-set older woman greet him. He finds that the woman, Dorothy, is actually quite sharp and proceeds to have an intellectual conversation with her about some Roman writers that Norm is reading about. First is the story of Pliny, which most of the conversation is spent on. The two then talk about Tacitus and Josephus as well and Norm discovers he can actually have quite a substantial conversation with this woman.
Part II
Norm and his steps leading up to his journey and find so many connections in the scripts. The conversation between Dorothy and Norm brought into reality how some people would look at the situations; it helped to develop dual opinions on the situations discussed. Norm is discovering that the tension between scholars based on faith and those based on history is high (27). He will have to use the principles given to him by Guilder throughout his journey to analyze situations and readings (29).
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