Fabricating Jesus - by Craig A Evans (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Why are scholars so prone to fabricate a new Jesus? Why is the public so eager to accept such claims without question? What methods and assumptions predispose scholars to distort the record? Is there a more sober approach to finding the real Jesus? Craig Evans offers a sane approach to examining the sources for understanding the historical Jesus.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Modern historical study of the Gospels seems to give us a new portrait of Jesus every spring--just in time for Easter. The more unusual 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 a new Jesus? Why is the public so eager to accept such claims without question? What methods and assumptions predispose scholars to distort the record? Is there a more sober approach to finding the real Jesus? Commenting on such recent releases as Bart Ehrman's <em>Misquoting Jesus, </em> James Tabor's <em>The Jesus Dynasty, </em> Michael Baigent's <em>The Jesus Papers</em> and the <em>Gospel of Judas, </em> for which he served as an advisory board member to the National Geographic Society, Craig Evans offers a sane approach to examining the sources for understanding the historical Jesus.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>. . .great value for evangelicals. Evans demonstrates that good scholarship is on the side of Scripture.</p>--Richard A. Fordyce, Stone-Campbell Journal, Fall 2008<br><br><p><em>Fabricating Jesus</em> exposes the misinformed nonsense that has confused the reading public over the past few years. Craig Evans is a well-read and thoughtful scholar who knows all the ancient texts. In this well-written book, he exposes the misguided assumptions and dubious sources that lie behind the wild theories that have plagued the public. He has also presented Jesus and the Gospels in their proper historical context. With enthusiasm, I recommend this book for scholars and all interested in Jesus and Christian origins.</p>--James H. Charlesworth, George L. Collord Professor of New Testament Language and Literature, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Director and Editor of the PTS Dead Sea Scrolls Project; author of Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls and The Beloved Disciple<br><br><p><em>Fabricating Jesus</em> is an excellent resource for basic information about the texts, issues and major players in the historical Jesus debate.</p>--Juan Hernandez Jr. for Religious Studies Review, April 2007<br><br><p><em>Fabricating Jesus</em> is yet another resource from Evans to help our generation wrestle with the challenges of radical skepticism.</p>--Scott Lamb, Providence Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri, The Pathway, April 13, 2007, http: //www.mbcpathway.com/article70162.htm<br><br><p>[A]s a resource to quickly find some responses to or literature on some bewildering issues in Jesus studies, this volume will prove very helpful.</p>--Jack Barentsen in Criswell Theological Review, Spring 2008<br><br><p>[This book] is a timely, succinct, and well-written guide for those perplexed by this subject that is much in the news these days. In this wide-ranging book Evans covers numerous contemporary and perennial academic topics related to the historical Jesus.</p>--On Mission, Fall 2007<br><br><p>Dr. Evans has done a formidable service to evangelical Christianity . . . [and] has ably championed the integrity of the original New Testament documents as reliable evidence of the traditional Historical Jesus.</p>--Frank Z. Kovacs, Haddington House Journal, 2008<br><br><p>In the genre of conservative evangelical responses to <em>The Da Vinci Code</em> and the Jesus Seminar, <em>Fabricating Jesus</em> stands out as a generously civil yet firm critique of the way some scholars distort Jesus.</p>--Perspectives on Science Christian Faith, June 2007<br><br><p>In this book, aimed primarily at a nonspecialist audience, Craig A. Evans intends to show that traditional views about the Gospels and Jesus are historically well founded. Evans brings his considerable expertise to bear on a wide variety of topics.</p>--Daniel A. Smith for The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, January 2008<br><br><p>Overall, this work makes a major contribution to historical Jesus studies.</p>--Christian Apologetics Journal, Summer 2007<br><br><p>This is a work that can be given to a genuinely interested skeptic, and you will not be embarrassed. Recommended.</p>--Samuel Lamerson, Journal of the Evangelical Theology Society, March 2008<br><br><p>This thorough, well-written book debunks a number of serious but widespread and influential misinterpretations of the New Testament Gospels, and thus provides an invaluable service.</p>--CHOICE, September 2007<br>
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