The Case for the Real Jesus: A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ

by Lee Strobel

Paperback, 2009

Status

Available

Collection

Publication

Zondervan (2009), Edition: 1, 320 pages

Description

Has modern scholarship debunked the traditional Christ? Has the church suppressed the truth about Jesus to advance its own agenda? What if the real Jesus is far different from the atoning Savior worshipped through the centuries? In The Case for the Real Jesus, former award-winning legal editor Lee Strobel explores such hot-button questions as: - Did the church suppress ancient non-biblical documents that paint a more accurate picture of Jesus than the four Gospels? - Did the church distort the truth about Jesus by tampering with early New Testament texts? - Do new insights and explanations finally disprove the resurrection? - Have fresh arguments disqualified Jesus from being the Messiah? - Did Christianity steal its core ideas from earlier mythology? Evaluate the arguments and evidence being advanced by prominent atheists, liberal theologians, Muslim scholars, and others. Sift through expert testimony. Then reach your own verdict in The Case for the Real Jesus.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member loubigfish
Full of info and very deep in meaning
LibraryThing member fuzzi
This is the third book I've read in author/journalist Lee Strobel's "Case" series.

While I did not enjoy this book as much as "The Case for Faith" and "The Case for Christ", Mr. Strobel's writing gave me much to contemplate.

One thing I really enjoy is how the author brings up internet and literary
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attempts to discredit Christian beliefs, only to have experts, scholars and such show the inanity of the attacks on Christ as a historic figure.
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LibraryThing member empress8411
With his trademark efficiency, Strobel digs into the question about Jesus. He answers several of the most common questions about Jesus – including the one I most wanted answered: Did Christianity build the myth of Jesus from Pagan Myths. While Strobel didn’t answer this completely to my
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satisfaction, he laid the ground work for further investigation.
Each of the experts he speaks with have a list of credentials a mile long. These are some of the smartest, most respected scholars in the world. To see them not only address these ideas about Jesus, but the scholarship that led to these ideas, gives the reader confidence that the answers presented have merit and truth. Worth reading if you have questions about Jesus.
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LibraryThing member thornton37814
Journalist Lee Strobel sets out to examine many of the attacks against the historicity and deity of Jesus Christ. He approaches scholars respected by both liberal and conservative scholars as he attempts to verify that Jesus was Whom He claimed to be. He looks at the Biblical narratives and other
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contemporary sources as he examines allegations involving the text, the resurrection, Christianity's origins, Messianic prophecies, and postmodern interpretations. This book is written in such a way that laypersons will understand it.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

320 p.; 8.5 inches

ISBN

0310292018 / 9780310292012

UPC

025986292010
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