Reinventing Jesus: How Contemporary Skeptics Miss the Real Jesus and Mislead Popular CultureFrom the worldwide phenomenon of "The Da Vinci Code" to the national best-seller "Misquoting Jesus," popular culture is being bombarded with radical skepticism about the uniqueness of Christ and the reliability of the New Testament. "Reinventing Jesus" cuts through the rhetoric of extreme doubt expressed by these and several other contemporary voices to reveal the profound credibility of historic Christianity. Meticulously researched, thoroughly documented, yet eminently readable, this book invites a wide audience to take a firsthand look at the solid, reasonable, and clearly defensible evidence for Christianity's origins. "Reinventing Jesus" shows believers that it's okay to think hard about Christianity, and shows hard thinkers that it's okay to believe. |
Contents
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An Eccentric Jesus and the Criteria of Authenticity | 39 |
POLITICALLY CORRUPT? THE TAINTING OF ANCIENT | 51 |
of the Original New Testament Text Part 175 | 75 |
Recovering | 83 |
Is What We Have Now What They Wrote Then? 103 | 103 |
THE DIVINITY OF JESUS EARLY TRADITION | 167 |
New Testament 195 | 195 |
Simply Divine? The Real Issue at Nicea 207 | 207 |
Supposed Links Between Christianity | 219 |
The Virgin Birth of Alexander the Great? 239 | 239 |
Osiris Frankenstein and Jesus Christ 249 | 249 |
The Real Jesus 259 | 259 |
Further Reading 329 | 329 |
DID THE EARLY CHURCH MUZZLE THE CANON? | 119 |
What Did the Ancient Church Think of Forgeries? 135 | 135 |
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