Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels

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InterVarsity Press, Oct 31, 2006 - Biography & Autobiography - 290 pages
Modern historical study of the Gospels seems to give us a new portrait of Jesus every spring, just in time for Easter. The more idiosyncratic 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 Jesus? Why is the public so eager to accept their claims without question? What methods and assumptions predispose scholars to distort the record? Is there a more sober approach to finding the real Jesus? Renowned evangelical New Testament expert Craig A. Evans takes an evenhanded, informed approach to these fascinating and timely questions. Market/Audience Professors and students Pastors Thoughtful laypeople Features and Benefits Written by Craig A. Evans, widely known for his contributions to the study of the historical Jesus. Craig A. Evans is frequently consulted for television shows regarding the historical Jesus (Dateline, National Geographic special on the Gospel of Judas). Suggests right use and wrong use of critical methods, including text criticism, cultural studies and Gnostic Gospels. Offers a sober perspective on recent controversial books such as Misquoting Jesus, The Jesus Papers, The Jesus Dynasty and the Gospel of Judas.

About the author (2006)

Craig A. Evans (Ph.D., Claremont) is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament and director of the graduate program at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He has written extensively on the historical Jesus and the Jewish background of the New Testament era. His books includeJesus and His Contemporaries: Comparative Studies(1995),Mark(in the Word Biblical Commentary, 2001),Jesus and the Ossuaries(2003) andAncient Texts for New Testament Studies(2005). His edited volumes include (with Bruce Chilton)Studying the Historical Jesus: Evaluations of the State of Current Research(1994), (with Stanley E. Porter)Dictionary of New Testament Background(2000) and (with John Collins)Christian Beginnings and the Dead Sea Scrolls(2006). He has recently served on the advisory board on theGospel of Judasfor National Geographic Society and has appeared frequently as an expert commentator on network television programs, such asDateline,and in various documentaries on the BBC, the Discovery Channel and the History Channel.

Bibliographic information

TitleFabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels
AuthorCraig A. Evans
Editionillustrated
PublisherInterVarsity Press, 2006
ISBN0830833188, 9780830833184
Length290 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / General
Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament
Religion / Christianity / History
  
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