Reinventing Jesus,9780825429828

Reinventing Jesus

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ISBN13: 9780825429828
ISBN10: 082542982X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-05-31
Publisher(s): Kregel Pubns
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Summary

Reinventing Jesuscuts through the rhetoric of extreme doubt to reveal the profound credibility of historic Christianity. Meticulously researched yet eminently readable, this book invites a wide audience to take a firsthand look at the primary evidence for Christianity's origins.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 13(2)
Introduction: Reinventing Jesus? 15(6)
PART 1: I BELIEVE IN YESTERDAY
1. The Gospel Behind the Gospels
21(12)
2. Oral Tradition and a Memorizing Culture
33(6)
3. An Eccentric Jesus and the Criteria of Authenticity
39(14)
PART 2: POLITICALLY CORRUPT? THE TAINTING OF ANCIENT NEW TESTAMENT TEXTS
4. Can We Trust the New Testament? The Quantity and Quality of Textual Variants
53(12)
5. Myths About Manuscripts
65(10)
6. An Embarrassment of Riches: Recovering the Wording of the Original New Testament Text, Part 1
75(8)
7. The Methods of Textual Criticism: Recovering the Wording of the Original New Testament Text, Part 2
83(20)
8. Is What We Have Now What They Wrote Then?
103(18)
PART 3: DID THE EARLY CHURCH MUZZLE THE CANON?
9. The Range of the Canon
121(14)
10. What Did the Ancient Church Think of Forgeries?
135(16)
11. What Did the Ancient Forgers Think of Christ?
151(18)
PART 4: THE DIVINITY OF JESUS: EARLY TRADITION OR LATE SUPERSTITION?
12. Divine Portraits: Jesus in the Gospels
169(12)
13. Supreme Devotion: Jesus in the Larger New Testament
181(14)
14. From the Pens of Fathers and Foes: Jesus Outside the New Testament
195(12)
15. Simply Divine? The Real Issue at Nicea
207(12)
PART 5: STEALING THUNDER: DID CHRISTIANITY RIP OFF MYTHICAL GODS?
16. Parallelomania: Supposed Links Between Christianity and Pagan Religions
219(20)
17. The Virgin Birth of Alexander the Great?
239(10)
18. Osiris, Frankenstein, and Jesus Christ
249(10)
Conclusion: The Real Jesus 259(4)
Endnotes 263(66)
Further Reading 329(4)
Scripture Index 333(4)
Subject Index 337

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