Key Events in the Life of the Historical Jesus
Key Events in the Life of the Historical Jesus

Author: Darrell L. Bock

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 968

ISBN-13:

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Using a carefully defined approach to historical Jesus studies and historical method, this collection of essays examines twelve key events in the life of Jesus that were part of a decade-long collaborative research project. Each essay examines the case for the event's authenticity and then explores the social and cultural background to the event to provide an understanding of the event's historical significance. The first six events are related to the public ministry context of Jesus, mostly associated with his Galilean ministry, while latter six events involve his final days in Jerusalem. The final essay closes with suggestions about how these events cohere and what they can tell us about what Jesus did.

The Historical Jesus
The Historical Jesus

Author: Gary R. Habermas

Publisher: College Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780899007328

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Rev. ed. of: Ancient evidence for the life of Jesus. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Studying the Historical Jesus
Studying the Historical Jesus

Author: Darrell L. Bock

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2002-07

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 080102451X

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An informed, scholarly approach to the study of the historical Jesus that takes the Gospels seriously as a source of historical information.

Did Jesus Exist?
Did Jesus Exist?

Author: Bart D. Ehrman

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2012-03-20

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 0062089943

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In Did Jesus Exist? historian and Bible expert Bart Ehrman confronts the question, "Did Jesus exist at all?" Ehrman vigorously defends the historical Jesus, identifies the most historically reliable sources for best understanding Jesus’ mission and message, and offers a compelling portrait of the person at the heart of the Christian tradition. Known as a master explainer with deep knowledge of the field, Bart Ehrman methodically demolishes both the scholarly and popular “mythicist” arguments against the existence of Jesus. Marshaling evidence from within the Bible and the wider historical record of the ancient world, Ehrman tackles the key issues that surround the mythologies associated with Jesus and the early Christian movement. In Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth, Ehrman establishes the criterion for any genuine historical investigation and provides a robust defense of the methods required to discover the Jesus of history.

The Life and Death of the Radical Historical Jesus
The Life and Death of the Radical Historical Jesus

Author: David Burns

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013-02-28

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0199929505

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This unconventional cultural history explores the lifecycle of the radical historical Jesus, a construct created by the freethinkers, feminists, socialists and anarchists who used the findings of biblical criticism to mount a serious challenge to the authority of elite liberal divines during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.

Can We Trust the Bible on the Historical Jesus?
Can We Trust the Bible on the Historical Jesus?

Author: Bart D. Ehrman

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2020-09-22

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 1646980018

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This book features a learned and fascinating debate between two great Bible scholars about the New Testament as a reliable source on the historical Jesus. Bart Ehrman, an agnostic New Testament scholar, debates Craig Evans, an evangelical New Testament scholar, about the historical Jesus and what constitutes "history." Their interaction includes such compelling questions as: What are sound methods of historical investigation? What are reliable criteria for determining the authenticity of an ancient text? What roles do reason and inference play? And, of course, interpretation? Readers of this debate—regardless of their interpretive inclinations and biases—are sure to find some confirmation of their existing beliefs, but they will surely also find an honest and well-informed challenge to the way they think about the historical Jesus. The result? A more open, better informed, and questioning mind, which is better prepared for discovering both truth and contrivance. The debate between Ehrman and Evans along with Stewart's introductory framework make this book an excellent primer to the study of the historical Jesus, and readers will come away with a deeper appreciation for the ongoing quest for the historical Jesus.