Fabricating Jesus : how modern scholars distort the gospels / Craig A. Evans.
Material type: TextPublication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, c2006.Description: 290 p. : ill., map ; 22 cmISBN:- 0830833188 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780830833184
- 1844741729 :
- 232.9/08 22
- BT303.2 .E93 2006
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Book: Standard | Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre | Main | BT303.2 .E93 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 08-267 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-273) and indexes.
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?
1. Misplaced faith and misguided suspicion : old and new school skeptics -- 2. Cramped starting points and overly strict critical methods : the question of authenticity -- 3. Questionable texts - part I : the Gospel of Thomas -- 4. Questionable texts - part II : the Gospel of Peter, the Egerton Gospel, the Gospel of Mary and the secret Gospel of Mark -- 5. Alien contexts : the case against Jesus as cynic -- 6. Skeletal sayings : maxims without a context -- 7. Diminished deeds : a fresh look at healings and miracles -- 8. Dubious uses of Josephus : understanding late antiquity -- 9. Anachronisms and exaggerated claims : Christianities lost and otherwise -- 10. Hokum history and bogus findings : Jesus between the lines -- 11. Will the real Jesus please stand up? : unfabricating his aims and claims -- App. 1. Agrapha : free-floating sayings of Jesus -- App. 2. What should we think about the Gospel of Judas?
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 i: 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?
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?
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