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Bart D. Ehrman examines how the belief that Jesus of Nazareth was God formed and transformed during the first few centuries of Christianity. Drawing on early Christian texts and historical context, he shows how Jesus began as a Jewish apocalyptic prophet in Galilee, was crucified, and later was viewed by some followers as the resurrected Son of God. Ehrman explains how these early believers’ visions and theological reflections led to the declaration that Jesus was, and has always been, divine—an affirmation that has shaped Christian doctrine to this day.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Religion & Spirituality/Christianity
Authors: Bart D. Ehrman
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A critical examination of the New Testament by scholar Bart Ehrman exposes forged passages and contradictory claims about Jesus, revealing the Bible’s complexities to the reader.
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Jesus was a real person with a profound message. Historian and Bible expert Bart Ehrman offers a compelling portrait of the historical Jesus in his new book Did Jesus Exist?
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Marcus J. Borg examines how modern historical research on Jesus can inform a living, critical faith, inviting believers and skeptics alike to encounter Jesus anew.
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Many believe that the Gospel stories of Jesus are based on eyewitness testimony and are therefore historically reliable. Now, for the first time, a scholar of the New Testament, New York Times bestselling author Bart D. Ehrman (Misquoting Jesus; and Jesus, Interrupted), surveys research from the fields of psychology, anthropology, and sociology to explore how oral traditions and group memories really work and questions how reliable the Gospels can be. Focusing on the decades-long gap between when Jesus lived and when these documents about him began to appear, Ehrman looks to these varied disciplines to see what they can tell us about how the New Testament developed.
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Bart Ehrman’s accessible history shows how Christianity became the dominant force of the Roman world, reshaping art, law, philosophy, and more.
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Here is the first comprehensive, balanced account of historical Jesus studies. Beginning with brief discussions of the early days of historical research into the person of Jesus and the methods developed by researchers at the time, Mark Allan Powell offers insightful overviews of some of the most important participants in the contemporary Jesus quests: Robert Funk, John Dominic Crossan, Marcus Borg, E.P. Sanders, John Meier, and N.T. Wright, among others.
Powell concludes by outlining issues and directions for research that will likely guide these quests into the next century.
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"This book provides an in-depth historical study of the place of Jesus in the religious life, beliefs, and worship of Christians from the beginnings of the Christian movement down to the late second century."--BOOK JACKET.
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The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus by Lee Strobel
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