Publisher Description
In Did Jesus Exist? historian and Bible expert Bart Ehrman confronts the question, “Did Jesus exist at all?” Ehrman vigorously defends the historical Jesus, identifies the most historically reliable sources for best understanding Jesus’ mission and message, and offers a compelling portrait of the person at the heart of the Christian tradition.
Known as a master explainer with deep knowledge of the field, Bart Ehrman methodically demolishes both the scholarly and popular “mythicist” arguments against the existence of Jesus. Marshaling evidence from within the Bible and the wider historical record of the ancient world, Ehrman tackles the key issues that surround the mythologies associated with Jesus and the early Christian movement.
In Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth, Ehrman establishes the criterion for any genuine historical investigation and provides a robust defense of the methods required to discover the Jesus of history.
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“I’ve given this book an extra star for the pure academic nature of his argument. He outlines the logic of his argument so well that it is a model for anyone with “beliefs” that are counter to truth. As an atheist I am as outraged by illogical myths posed by atheists as I am by those of evangelicals. Zealots on both sides need to learn from Dr. Ehrman how to argue their points and when to give up beliefs that cannot be substantiated. I might have given the book 4 stars just because it became tedious but that is because of its comprehensiveness so really it counts in the book’s favor. He does assume knowledge of books of the bible. I don’t know the bible stories so I did not have the context to follow as closely as I’d have liked. It would be too much to have expected him to explain the context more than he did, though. That was my own unwillingness to explore them further. It’s a book everyone should read. But they need to be willing to follow logic rather than hear what they want and ignore the rest.”
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Lisa (5 out of 5 stars)
