Rev. ed. of: Ancient evidence for the life of Jesus. Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Historical Jesus in Context is a landmark collection that places the gospel narratives in their full literary, social, and archaeological context. More than

The earliest substantive sources available for historical Jesus research are in the Gospels themselves; when interpreted in their early Jewish setting, their pi

An informed, scholarly approach to the study of the historical Jesus that takes the Gospels seriously as a source of historical information.

"This book summarizes, analyzes, and critiques current influential portraits of Jesus. It concludes that any portrait of the historical Jesus must come to terms