Fabricating Jesus : how modern scholars distort the gospels / Craig A. Evans
- Author
- Evans, Craig A.
- Published
- Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, [2006]
- Copyright Date
- ©2006
- Physical Description
- 290 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Contents
- Introduction -- Misplaced faith and misguided suspicion : old and new school skeptics -- Cramped starting points and overly strict critical methods : the question of authenticity -- Questionable texts, Part I : the Gospel of Thomas -- Questionable texts, Part II : the Gospel of Peter, the Egerton Gospel, the Gospel of Mary and the secret Gospel of Mark -- Alien contexts : the case against Jesus as Cynic -- Skeletal sayings : maxims without a context -- Diminished deeds : a fresh look at healings and miracles -- Dubious uses of Josephus : understanding late antiquity -- Anachronisms and exaggerated claims : Christianities lost and otherwise -- Hokum history and bogus findings : Jesus between the lines -- Will the real Jesus please stand up? : unfabricating his aims and claims -- Appendix 1 : agrapha : free-floating sayings of Jesus -- Appendix 2 : what should we think about the Gospel of Judas?
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0830833188 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780830833184 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [272]-273) and indexes.
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