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Antonio Piñero

Antonio Piñero Sáenz (14 August 1941 in Chipiona, Spain) is a Spanish philologist, writer, and historian, specializing in the Judaism before Christianity, the life of Jesus of Nazareth, the founding of Christianity, and language and literature of the New Testament and early Christianity from a scientific perspective.[1][2] He is especially known in the Spanish-speaking world for the authorship of numerous books and research articles, and for his active outreach efforts.[3][4][5]

Antonio Piñero
Born14 August 1941 Edit this on Wikidata (age 83)
Chipiona Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationPhilologist, writer, and historian
LanguageSpanish language Edit this on Wikidata
NationalitySpanish
Alma materPontifical University of Salamanca, University of Salamanca, Complutense University of Madrid Edit this on Wikidata
Website
www.antoniopinero.comEdit this at Wikidata

Biography

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He was born in the town of Chipiona in the province of Cádiz (Spain). He graduated in pure philosophy from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1968, in classical philology from the University of Salamanca in 1970, and in trilingual biblical philology from the Pontifical University of Salamanca in 1976.[6] In 1974 he defended his doctoral thesis in classical philology, supervised by the philologist Luis Gil Fernández, and entitled Teopneustia, estudio sobre la inspiración en los escritores de los siglos I y II ("Teopneustia, study on inspiration from writers of the 1st and 2nd centuries") at the Complutense University of Madrid (Luis Vives award granted),[7][8] although he completed most of his doctorate in Germany.[9] Since 1970 he worked as a teacher at this same university, and in 1983 he became full professor.[6] He is currently full professor emeritus of Greek philology.

In 2016, he received the Trithemius award from the Sociedad de Estudios e Investigaciones Spagyricas y la Editorial Tritemio, for his contribution to the world of culture and his endeavour in all his facets to teacher, researcher and writer.[10]

Academic activities

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As a result of his work in translating the non-canonical gospels, New Testament academic research, broad participation in dissemination activities and numerous publications, Piñero has become one of the most influential agnostic Spanish exegetes and authors in the study of the early Christianity (mainly the 1st and 2nd centuries).[11][12][13][14][15][16] In his work he focuses on the historical Jesus, therefore he tries to separate the religious interpretation from the historical reconstruction of Jesus through historical and philological methods.[17][1] Similarly, he also addresses the first steps of the early Christianity trying to clarify the evolution of the first communities of followers of Jesus of Nazareth.[18][19][20]

Historical existence of Jesus

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One of the recurring topics of his works is the study of the figure of Jesus of Nazareth. According to the analysis of the texts in Judea in the 1st century, Piñero defends the existence of a historical Jesus, but differentiated from the literary Jesus Christ of the gospels.[21] The historical Jesus, according to his research, would be a craftsman from Galilee and religious leader with limited impact while he was alive. After his death, he would be magnified, idealized and divinized, giving rise to the heavenly and mythological Christ in the gospels and Christianity.[22][20] Thus, according to Piñero, the vast majority of the main ideas of Christianity were born in a Jewish world through a totally natural process, and with the passage of time the human being called these ideas dogmas.[9]

Translation work

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In his work as a translator since 1983 he has coordinated a project in which a team of specialists carried out the translation of all the known gospels into Spanish, including canonical and non-canonical. This project has involved research on the social and political context that surrounded the original writings and the full translation of the texts from the original languages: Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, Coptic and Arabic. It concluded in 2009 when the work containing the latest-translated Apocryphal Gospels is published.[23][24] This translation work has been recognized as a valuable study tool.[25][26]

Theology of Paul the Apostle

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Piñero proposes a hypothesis to interpret, as something coherent, the conditions for salvation reported by Pablo. According to this hypothesis the Law of Moses, as Paul preaches it, is complex and is divided into two parts: an eternal, natural and obligatory law for all, and a specific law for the Jews in the messianic age.

  • The eternal, natural and obligatory law for all (Jews and Gentiles) is the Decalogue (The Ten Commandments), which governs correct relationships between humans, and which in Pauline ethics is translated into the norms referring to the general behavior of all humans.
  • The specific law is the part of the Law of Moses that is not present in the Decalogue. Therefore, it includes the laws that contemplate circumcision, food standards and ritual purity with everything required around the temple. This part of the Mosaic Law does not affect Gentiles (that is, non-Jews), since it is specifically oriented to the chosen people, the Jews. Therefore, even Jews called to faith in the Messiah must continue to live as Jews, that is, fulfilling the full Law of Moses.

Through this interpretive hypothesis, Piñero makes compatible two aspects of Paul's theology: his insistence on denying the written Law (for example, circumcision) and stating that Jews are naturally subject to the entire Mosaic Law.[27]

Oureach activities

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Piñero has been characterized by his work of dissemination in various media, such as, radio,[28][29] TV[30] and Internet.[31] In 2009 he participated as an advisor in the making of the film El discípulo ("The disciple"), whose plot addresses the life of Jesus of Nazareth.[32]

Controversies

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Given the popular and general audience of his seminars and published books on the person of Jesus of Nazareth, his conclusions are controversial for part of society.[11][29][33] Contrary to the belief of some atheists, Piñero firmly states the historical existence of Jesus, although he differentiates the historical person (on whom he focuses his attention) from the heavenly figure.[2][34][35][36] On the other hand, the segregation of the historical Jesus from the heavenly one also raises criticism from the Christian faithful, mainly in Spain.[37][38][39] The argument of the latter is that, contrary to the approach adopted by Piñero, the religious view cannot be separated from a historical interpretation of the New Testament.[40][41]

Works

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Some of his best-known books are:[42]

  • Aproximación al Jesús histórico, Trotta, 2018.
  • El Nuevo Testamento: Introducción al estudio de los primeros escritos cristianos, Herder, 2019.
  • El otro Jesús: vida de Jesús según los evangelios apócrifos, Herder, 2018.
  • Guía para entender a Pablo de Tarso: Una interpretación del pensamiento paulino, Trotta, 2018.
  • Apócrifos del Antiguo y del Nuevo Testamento, Alianza Editorial, 2016.
  • Guía para entender el Nuevo Testamento, Trotta, 2013.
  • Jesús de Nazaret: El hombre de las cien caras. Textos canónicos y apócrifos, Edaf, 2012.
  • Jesús y las mujeres, Trotta, 2014.
  • Año I. Israel y su mundo cuando nació Jesús, Ediciones del laberinto, 2008.
  • Los cristianismos derrotados: ¿Cuál fue el pensamiento de los primeros cristianos heréticos y heterodoxos?, Edaf, 2007. (1st prize Finis Terrae 2007 for heterodox essay)
  • Los apocalipsis, Edaf, 2007.

Co-authored books

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  • José Luis Corral and Antonio Piñero: El trono maldito, Editorial Planeta, 2014 (novel).
  • Eugenio Gómez Segura and Antonio Piñero: El Juicio Final, Edaf, 2010.
  • Antonio Piñero and Eugenio Gómez Segura: La verdadera historia de la pasión, Edaf, 2008

Collective books

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  • Orígenes del cristianismo. Herder, 2018 (reedition).
  • Fuentes del cristianismo. Tradiciones primitivas sobre Jesús. Herder, 2018 (reedition).
  • Todos los evangelios. Traducción íntegra de todos los textos evangélicos conocidos, tanto canónicos como apócrifos. Editor: Antonio Piñero. Edaf, 2009.
  • ¿Existió Jesús realmente?. Editor: Antonio Piñero. Raíces, 2008.
  • Textos gnósticos. Biblioteca de Nag Hammadi I. Tratados filosóficos y cosmológicos (volume I). Editors: Antonio Piñero, Francisco García Bazán and José Montserrat Torrents, Trotta, 2000.
  • Textos gnósticos. Biblioteca de Nag Hammadi II. Evangelios, Hechos, Carta (volume II). Editors: Antonio Piñero, Francisco García Bazán and José Montserrat Torrents, Trotta, 2004.
  • Textos gnósticos. Biblioteca de Nag Hammadi III. Apocalipsis y otros escritos (volume III). Editors: Antonio Piñero, Francisco García Bazán and José Montserrat Torrents, Trotta, 2009.
  • Apócrifos del Antiguo Testamento. (6 volumes. I: Introducción; II: Historias; III Literatura sapiencial; IV Ciclo de Henoc; V: Literatura de testamentos; VI: Apocalipsis) Ediciones Cristiandad, 1982-2009. The last volume (VII) is in preparation: Remaining Jewish works from the 2nd-1st centuries BC. and Complete indexes of the 7 volumes).[43]
  • Hechos Apócrifos de los Apóstoles. (volumes I-III, co-authored with Gonzalo del Cerro: Greek and Latin texts, plus translations from Coptic and Syriac, with translation into Spanish, introductions and notes) Biblioteca Autores Cristianos, 2005-2011.

Books in English

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  • Antonio Piñero and Jesús Peláez: The Study of the New Testament: A Comprehensive Introduction, Deo Publishing, 2003. (translation)
  • The Hidden Life of Jesus, Cascade Books, 2016. (translated by Thomas W. Hudgins)

References

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  1. ^ a b Piñero, Antonio (2017). "El Nuevo Testamento. La visión de un filólogo". Estudios Griegos e Indoeuropeos (in Spanish). 28: 195–205. doi:10.5209/CFCG.59393. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b Javier Ramos (21 February 2015). "Entrevista a Antonio Piñero (historiador y escritor)" (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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  4. ^ "El Ayuntamiento de Zamora impulsa un ciclo de conferencias sobre Jesús". La Opinión de Zamora (in Spanish). 2 March 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  5. ^ Lorenzo, María (2 March 2020). "¿Existió Jesús de Nazaret?, esta y otras preguntas serán resueltas por Antonio Piñero en el Etnográfico". Zamora24 horas (in Spanish). España. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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  7. ^ Pasamar Alzuria, Gonzalo; Peiró Martín, Ignacio (2002). Diccionario Akal de Historiadores españoles contemporáneos (in Spanish). Móstoles (Madrid): Ediciones Akal S.A. p. 297. ISBN 84-460-1489-0.
  8. ^ "Ficha de la tesis doctoral del Antonio Piñero. Catalogo CISNE de tesis doctorales de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid" (in Spanish).
  9. ^ a b Viejo, Teresa (11 April 2020). "Antonio Piñero". La observadora (in Spanish). Radio Nacional de España. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Entrevista a Antonio Piñero – Premio Trithemius 2016". Premio Trithemius (in Spanish). 2016. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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  12. ^ Ayaso, José Ramón (1992). "Ayaso, José Ramón. "ANTONIO PIÑERO, ED., Orígenes del Cristianismo. Antecedentes y primeros pasos. Córdoba-Madrid, Ediciones EI Almendro-Universidad Complutense, 1991. 476 pp. ISBN:84-86077-95-8". Miscelánea de Estudios Árabes y Hebraicos. Sección Hebreo (in Spanish) (41): 156–158. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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  15. ^ Camille, Focant (1997). "Antonio Piñero, L'autre Jésus. Vie de Jésus selon les évangiles apocryphes (tr. de l'espagnol par O. Maldonado). 1996". Revue théologique de Louvain (in French). 28 (2): 266. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  16. ^ Piñero, Antonio (1997). "Das Frauenbild im Judentum der hellenistischen Zeit. Ein Beitrag anhand von "Joseph und Aseneth" (Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums 26) by A. Standhartinger; Joseph and Aseneth and the Jewish Temple in Heliopolis (SBL Early Judaism and its Literature 10) by G. Bohak". Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman Period. 28 (3): 350–356. JSTOR 24668421.
  17. ^ Pino Campos, Luis Miguel (2004). "Juan Antonio López Pérez (ed.), Mitos en la Literatura Griega Helenística e Imperial, Ediciones Clásicas, Madrid, 2004, 581 pp" (PDF). Riull.ull.es (in Spanish): 221–224. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  18. ^ Piñero, Antonio (2019). "De nuevo sobre la Gran Iglesia petrina" (PDF). Revista Fortvnatae (in Spanish) (30): 127–142. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  19. ^ Bastante, Jesús (9 June 2017). "Antonio Piñero: "Jesús era político, y su religiosidad llevaba a unas implicaciones políticas"". Periodistadigital (in Spanish). España. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  20. ^ a b Piñero, Antonio (2007). Los cristianismos derrotados: ¿Cuál fue el pensamiento de los primeros cristianos heréticos y heterodoxos? (in Spanish). Edaf. ISBN 978-84-414-2005-2. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  21. ^ Cervera, Cesar (17 June 2015). "Antonio Piñero: "No podemos demostrar que Juan Bautista fuera familiar de Jesús"". ABC (in Spanish). España. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  22. ^ Rodriguez Gervasios, Manuel (2019). "Piñero, Antonio. Aproximación al Jesús histórico, Editorial Trotta, Madrid, 2018, 342 pp. [ISBN: 978-84-9879-761-9]". Studia Historica: Historia Antigua (in Spanish) (37): 357–360. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  23. ^ Piñero, Antonio; Peláez, Jesús (1995). El Nuevo Testamento. Introducción al estudio de los primeros escritos cristianos (in Spanish). España: Ediciones El Almendro. ISBN 84-8005-023-3.
  24. ^ Piñero Saenz, Antonio (2009). Todos los evangelios. Traducción íntegra de las lenguas originales de todos los textos evangélicos conocidos (in Spanish). España: Titivillus. ISBN 978-84-414-2116-5. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  25. ^ Sen, Felipe (2010). "Apócrifos del Antiguo Testamento VI. Directed by Alejandro Díez Macho – Antonio Piñero, Madrid, Ed. Cristiandad, 2009, 627 pp. [ISBN: 84-7057-542-6]". Gerión (in Spanish). 28 (2): 85–199. Archived from the original on 23 November 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  26. ^ Caballero, Juan Luis (2012). "Antonio PIÑERO y Gonzalo DEL CERRO (eds.), Hechos apócrifos de los Apóstoles, III, Madrid: BAC, 2011, 1223 pp., 13 x 20, ISBN 978-84-7914-974-1". Scripta Theologica (in Spanish). 44: 794–795. doi:10.15581/006.44.1246. S2CID 171016213. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  27. ^ Piñero, Antonio (2015). Guía para entender a Pablo de Tarso. Una interpretación del pensamiento paulino (in Spanish). Madrid: Trotta. p. 159-171. ISBN 978-8498795868.
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  29. ^ a b "Antonio Piñero: "Jesús fue un personaje mínimo, fracasado y probablemente real"". Valencia Plaza (in Spanish). España. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  30. ^ Jiménez, Iker; Porter, Carmen (6 April 2015). "Antonio Piñero: "Jesús fue un maestro que posteriormente fue divinizado"". Cuarto Milenio (in Spanish). Cuatro. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  31. ^ Piñero, Antonio. "El blog de Antonio Piñero". Religión Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  32. ^ Nieto, Ángel (15 April 2009). "El cine español se atreve con Jesucristo". La Razón (in Spanish). España. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  33. ^ Sierra Marquez, Jordi (15 June 2010). "Hablamos con… Antonio Piñero". El Librepensador: Magazine Cultural (in Spanish). Chile. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  34. ^ Piñero, Antonio (2018). "¿Existió Jesús realmente?". Desperta Ferro. Arqueología e Historia (in Spanish) (18): 12–18. ISSN 2387-1237. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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  38. ^ "Diálogo con César Vidal". Libertad Digital S.A. (in Spanish). 13 April 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
  39. ^ Sadia, José María (7 July 2020). "Antonio Piñero: "Da pena decir a las personas religiosas que la Semana Santa carece de base histórica"". La opinión de Zamora (in Spanish). España. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  40. ^ Serrano Oceja, Francisco (16 May 2019). "Las claves del ateísmo español". elconfidencialdigital.com (in Spanish). España. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  41. ^ Pikaza, Xabier (1 October 2014). "Piñero y Pikaza. Un agnóstico y un creyente ante la misma Biblia". religióndigital.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  42. ^ Muñoz Gallarte, Israel; Peláez, Jesús (2016). "Libros". IN MARI VIA TUA: Philological Studies in Honor of Antonio Piñero (PDF) (in Spanish). Córdoba: Ediciones El Almendro. p. 743. ISBN 978-84-8005-219-1.[permanent dead link‍]
  43. ^ Sen, Felipe (2010). "Apócrifos del Antiguo Testamento VI. Dirigida por Alejandro Díez Macho (†) – Antonio Piñero, Madrid, Ed. Cristiandad, 2009, 627 pp. [ISBN: 84-7057-542-6]". Gerión. Revista de Historia Antigua (in Spanish). 28 (2). Ediciones Complutense: 88. ISSN 1988-3080. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
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