Lord or legend? : wrestling with the Jesus dilemma /
The Christian apologetic of "Lord, Liar, or Lunatic" made famous by C.S. Lewis has gained recent skepticism. Many twenty-first-century critics of Christianity believe the biblical portrait of Jesus Christ is based on myth. Lord or Legend? puts skeptics' claims to the test against mult...
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Grand Rapids, MI :
Baker,
c2007
Grand Rapids, MI : BakerBooks, c2007 |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Jesus of History and the Challenge of Faith
- Part One: Jesus, History, and Legend-Making
- Miraculous Claims and the Critical Mind: Can Intelligent People Still Believe in the Supernatural?
- A Most Unexpected Legend: How Paganized Was First-Century Palestinian Judaism?
- "Long, Long Ago and Far, Far Away?" The Question of Paul and the Historical Jesus
- Rising Gods, Legendary Heroes, and Divinized Teachers: How Unique Is the Jesus Story?
- Oral Traditions and Legend-Making: How Reliable Were the Early Church's Oral Traditions about Jesus?
- Part Two: The Gospels and Ten Tests of Historical Reliability
- Following the Paper Trail: The Questions of Textual Reconstruction, Literary Genre, and Historical Intent
- Who, When, and Why? The Questions of Historical Position and Bias
- Superfluous and Self-Incriminating Testimony: The Questions of Incidental and Self-Damaging Details
- How Am I Supposed to Believe That? The Questions of Consistency and Plausibility
- Jesus and Ancient Non-Christian Writers: The Question of Literary Corroboration
- Excavating Jesus: The Question of Archaeological Confirmation
- Myth Incarnate: The Lord of Legend and Love