Jesus Christ, narcissist?
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Though a lot of the quotes in this essay are from the Gospel of Saint Matthew, I was careful to compare them with the texts of one other three canonical gospels. Where the gospels disagree, I avoided utilizing the quote altogether.
Illegitimate and adopted children, especially of humble origins, often develop narcissistic defenses to fend off persistent feelings of inadequacy and inferiority. Admittedly, it is highly unlikely that Jesus was an illegitimate child. acim Adulteresses in ancient Judea were stoned to death. But, equally, there is little doubt that the circumstances of Jesus’s birth were shrouded in mystery. His mother, Mary, got herself pregnant however not by having sexual intercourse with her lawfully-wedded husband, Joseph.
In early stages, Jesus developed magical thinking, compensatory grandiose delusions, and fantasies of omnipotence and omniscience. A firstborn, he was much pampered by his doting mother. He was a prodigy, a Wunderkind: highly intelligent and inquisitive and more comfortable in the company of adults than together with his peers.