Fabricating Jesus
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Fabricating Jesus

How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels

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eBook - ePub

Fabricating Jesus

How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels

About this book

Modern historical study of the Gospels seems to give us a new portrait of Jesus every spring--just in time for Easter. The more unusual the portrait, the more it departs from the traditional view of Jesus, the more attention it gets in the popular media.

Why are scholars so prone to fabricate a new Jesus? Why is the public so eager to accept such claims without question? What methods and assumptions predispose scholars to distort the record? Is there a more sober approach to finding the real Jesus?

Commenting on such recent releases as Bart Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus, James Tabor's The Jesus Dynasty, Michael Baigent's The Jesus Papers and the Gospel of Judas, for which he served as an advisory board member to the National Geographic Society, Craig Evans offers a sane approach to examining the sources for understanding the historical Jesus.

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Information

Publisher
IVP
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781514014790
Edition
0
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Studies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Fact
  6. Preface
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Misplaced Faith and Misguided Suspicions: Old and New School Skeptics
  9. 2 Cramped Starting Points and Overly Strict Critical Methods: The Question of Authenticity
  10. 3 Questionable Texts—Part I: The Gospel of Thomas
  11. 4 Questionable Texts—Part II: The Gospel of Peter, the Egerton Gospel, the Gospel of Mary and the Secret Gospel of Mark
  12. 5 Alien Contexts: The Case Against Jesus as Cynic
  13. 6 Skeletal Sayings: Maxims Without a Context
  14. 7 Diminished Deeds: A Fresh Look at Healings and Miracles
  15. 8 Dubious Uses of Josephus: Understanding Late Antiquity
  16. 9 Anachronisms and Exaggerated Claims: Christianities Lost and Otherwise
  17. 10 Hokum History and Bogus Findings: Jesus Between the Lines
  18. 11 Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?: Unfabricating His Aims and Claims
  19. Appendix 1 Agrapha: Free-Floating Sayings of Jesus
  20. Appendix 2 What Should We Think About the Gospel of Judas?
  21. Glossary
  22. Abbreviations
  23. Notes
  24. Recommended Reading
  25. Author Index
  26. Subject Index
  27. Scripture Index
  28. Index of Extracanonical Ancient Sources
  29. Advance Praise for Fabricating Jesus
  30. About the Author
  31. Like this book?
  32. Copyright