The Historical Jesus: Five Views
Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Part II: The Mythicists' Claims (p.177-264) Chapters 6 & 7 I am an agnostic with atheist leanings, and my life and views of the world would be approximately the same whether or not Jesus existed. Ignatius of Antioch: “See that you all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as you would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as being the institution of God. 5), and he provides an enlightening discussion of ancient and modern biography. Hurtado that the Gospels ought to be viewed as ancient biographies, though with certain unique features (Ch. Nov 19, 2013 - Webber wrote of the "younger evangelicals" at the turn of the millennium, whom he believed were not interested in fighting over propositions but in focusing on the person of Jesus Christ and in making a concrete difference in people's 3) to read the stories of the Bible with the same general parameters with which we read historical texts today, and 4) to allow only for readings of authorial references in the New Testament that take them as part of the revealed point. Nov 6, 2009 - A casual survey of several scholars will affirm the point that a large number, but not all, biblical critics have a certain view of the history of Christian origins[3] which affects their dating of the New Testament. Keener, The Historical Jesus of the Gospels, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2009, xxxviii + 831 pages, hardback. Sep 10, 2013 - Adrianna said And for a nice collection of scholarly thought on the topic, you might consider The Historical Jesus: Five Views (IVP Academic). Jan 16, 2010 - Ordinarily I find these 'four views' or 'five views' kind of books a little contrived. Dec 14, 2009 - The Historical Jesus: Five Views provides a venue for readers to sit in on a virtual seminar on the historical Jesus. Oct 26, 2011 - Review of Craig S. Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 4:37:00 PM GMT+1 · Hendrik van der Breggen said. May 10, 2014 - The Historical Jesus: Five Views is an excellent overview of the range of opinions in the field today – from the Jesus-myth theory to the Jesus-God theory and everything in between. The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth Contents: Introduction (p.1-7) Part I: Evidence for the Historical Jesus (p.11-174) Chapters 1-5. Why play around with the figure of Judas the Galilean, a figure that cannot be historically verified, when the historical facts regarding the executed King of the Jews is plainly in view? May 20, 2014 - Methinks the ahistoricists/mythists should not give cold shoulder to Reza Aslan treatment of Jesus as a zealot – ie because there was no historical Jesus (of whatever variety is conceived by its proponents) therefore, there is nothing to gain from considering what Aslan is saying. Keener starts off Section II, “The Character of the Gospels,” by agreeing with the likes of R.