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In recent years, a number of New Testament scholars engaged in
academic historical Jesus studies have concluded that such
scholarship cannot yield secure and illuminating conclusions about
its subject, arguing that the search for a historically "authentic"
Jesus has run aground. Jesus, Skepticism, and the Problem of
History brings together a stellar lineup of New Testament scholars
who contend that historical Jesus scholarship is far from dead.
These scholars all find value in using the tools of contemporary
historical methods in the study of Jesus and Christian origins.
While the skeptical use of criteria to fashion a Jesus contrary to
the one portrayed in the Gospels is methodologically unsound and
theologically unacceptable, these criteria, properly formulated and
applied, yield positive results that support the Gospel accounts
and the historical narrative in Acts. This book presents a nuanced
and vitally needed alternative to the skeptical extremes of
revisionist Jesus scholarship that, on the one hand, uses
historical methods to call into question the Jesus of the Gospels
and, on the other, denies the possibility of using historical
methods to learn about Jesus.
From the worldwide phenomenon of "The Da Vinci Code" to the
national best-seller "Misquoting Jesus," popular culture is being
bombarded with radical skepticism about the uniqueness of Christ
and the reliability of the New Testament. "Reinventing Jesus" cuts
through the rhetoric of extreme doubt expressed by these and
several other contemporary voices to reveal the profound
credibility of historic Christianity. Meticulously researched,
thoroughly documented, yet eminently readable, this book invites a
wide audience to take a firsthand look at the solid, reasonable,
and clearly defensible evidence for Christianity's origins.
"Reinventing Jesus" shows believers that it's okay to think hard
about Christianity, and shows hard thinkers that it's okay to
believe.
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