Geza Vermes

Geza Vermes is a British historian and scholar who has written extensively on the history of Judaism and early Christianity. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Oxford and has written numerous books on the subject, including "Jesus the Jew: A Historian's Reading of the Gospels". Vermes has also been a vocal critic of the traditional Christian narrative of Jesus' life and has argued that the Gospels should be understood within their Jewish context.