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>Where can I read more about this?
Little bit here.
Classic on the subject from Angus
Interestingly, Martin Luther King once wrote a paper on the subject
Richard Carrier has written a lot about them too.
>Are the Gospels representing a Jewish Messiah, or are they Pauline?
Well, mostly Pauline, but Paul probably wasn't the first one to think Jesus was the Messiah. The original followers most likely thought he was the regular Jewish Messiah, exalted after the crucifixion and that he would return to liberate Israel and fulfill the other requirements (see Ehrman's How Jesus became God for example). Even Paul's own letters say that the Jerusalem movement was still very Jewish. Paul universalized it with outreach to Gentiles (and by waiving circumcision and dietary requirements).