The Historical Jesus of the Gospels | Book Review

Review of Craig Keener's The Historical Jesus of the Gospels.

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EXCELLENT resource for apologetics. I love how Keener plays by the strictest academic rules, and still proves the authenticity of the gospel accounts beyond any reasonable doubt. It’s like reading a procedural court document, where the gospels themselves are on trial. Keener mostly restricts himself to Mark, “Q” (hypothetical common source material for Matthew and Luke), and Paul’s early epistles, since even the most antagonistic skeptics must acknowledge their authenticity.

My favorite chapter was on the crucifixion material, where he lays out the cultural context surrounding the priesthood, Sanhedrin, trial procedures, and Pilate’s motives. He shows how the gospels are extraordinarily accurate in their depiction of these things.

Only real complaint is the use of endnotes instead of footnotes. There are something like 300 pages of references, and that’s just far too much to justify flipping back and forth. I’m sure they’ll be useful if I study one of these concepts in more detail.

[mateusf]

Hi. I'm from Brazil. He was excited to see a review of this book. thanks

[Denis-Antonio]

HI, can you make a library tour? maybe talking a little bit about some of your favorite books? it will be amazing to see the books that shaped you Also i want to tell u that i see some good stuff there.😁Thanks!

[DavidHarper-nf]

" The historical Jesus of the gospels" is a contradiction in terms. They are two different things.

[Ian_]

Everything is good until the unnecessary ad hominem attacks on Bart. that doesn’t help apologetics in fact, it just makes Christians live up to the stereotype that unbelievers have thinking that we are insensitive to those on the outside or a.k.a. in the world. I think the video would’ve been a lot better without that just my two cents.