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On the Real Hutzpah, the Disillusioned Wanderer and the Deluded Jews

   The philosophy of conceptual symbolism is universal and covers the whole world of concepts. We are changing and the world is changing with us. The period of the triumph of the Abrahamic religions seems to be coming to an end, a period as brief as anything in this world. But a description of this period would hardly be complete without mentioning the name of Jesus of Nazareth. There is no doubt of his real existence, but some consider him to be God, others a prophet, and some simply a charlatan. And only a small number of people consider Jesus' beliefs to be real hutzpah, although that is what seems quite logical after one looks at Jesus' life and contemporary society. But first, we need to clarify the concept of hutzpah as a property of character and, therefore, of mentality. In doing so, it should be noted that hutzpah is primarily a trait of Jewish character, and implies absolute confidence in one's own rightness. And the fact that Jesus was a Jew is certain, as well as the fact that he was a very enlightened Jew - a rabbi or a teacher. And there are many accounts of his knowledge and wanderings with his disciples.

By the way, as a Jewish believer, Jesus had every right to call himself the son of God, for all Jews considered themselves children of God. But to declare that he was the Messiah smelled like sacrilege, something unacceptable in those troubled times. Jesus must have believed until the last minute that he was the son of God and called to save the world, and it was the absence of Divine Patronage that was his greatest disappointment. Why have you forsaken me, my Lord?" cried Jesus before he died. In declaring himself the Messiah, Jesus could either be a god or a fraud from the crowd's point of view. And the Jews' rejection of his identity was due to the fact that in the eyes of his fellow tribesmen he remained a simple man,  not the Messiah, and did not escape a trivial death on the cross. This was the point of the Sanhedrin's verdict. Many Jews saw Jesus' execution as a real victory for justice, just as they had previously seen the divine nature of Jesus. Such were the cruel mores of the times, when crucifixion was the only criterion of truth. Man is mortal and could and should die, unlike the Messiah.

The Jewish crowd was very pragmatic and refused to believe in the other ideals that Jesus' disciples were calling for. Apparently, the negative experiences of other faiths were firmly in the minds of the Jews and they didn't want to risk it again. It was plain and simple here.  The period from physical death to the resurrection with the coming of the Messiah was not taken into account at all, and all paradise immediately after death was regarded as chimeras and fairy tales, especially since the idea of it existed only in theory. The coming of the Messiah was certain, but its date was unknown, and as long as the concept of time was relative, existence became the only reality, albeit one with many limitations. It was the understanding of time as a purely relative value that separated the old view of the world from the new one, with its linear vision of the process. As for the details, they are hardly significant, and we do not know them, nor do we know all that the Nazarene spoke of.