Excellent introduction to issues within NT scholarship.

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	• Reinventing Jesus J. Ed Komoszewski, M. James Sawyer, ... Kregel Publications, 2006 - 350 pages average customer review:based on 39 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

An Excellent Work of Apologetics

In recent years there have been a number of works attempting to undermine any traditional belief in Christianity. Likewise, there have been a number of Christian apologetics books designed to counter them. I found this particular one to be very interesting and it has a number of very appealing aspects.
For one, this book is a work written by scholars who are specialized in their subject. The authors focus a fair amount of the book on textural criticism. Some scholars such as Bart Earhman and some members of the Westar Group (Jesus Seminar)have been very critical of the New Testament in this regard and the authors seek to respond. Komoszewski, Sawyer, and Wallace also do a fine job refuting supposed links between Christianity and pagan religions as well as theories found in Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code." This book is more detailed and technical than the works of some apologetics such as Strobel, but generally avoids getting tedious. Actually, I think it does a good job attempting to bring a complicated subject such as textual criticism down to a lay audience. "Reinventing Jesus" received some very good endorsements from people such as Gary Habermas and Paul L. Maier. The endnotes are quite detailed and worth looking at as well. Overall, this book was an enjoyable and informative reading experience. I would also recommend Craig Evan's book "Fabricating Jesus" and some of Paul L. Maiers books such as "In the Fullness of Time."

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pretty good book

I rank this four stars because the author(s) do a good job informing their audiences of Who the Real Historical Jesus was/is. This book is a pretty good blend of researched scholarship with a style which lends itself to any reader.

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A year and a half after publication...

...and this book is still excellent. While others wrote books merely to address issues raised by The Da Vinci Code or even just cash in on the hype, these three Christian scholars wrote a broad defense of the Biblical account of Christ that stands the test of time. The quality of their argument is exceeded only by their ability to make it accessible to a general audience. This book is every bit as relevant today as it was on publication. I expect we'll be able to look back in five-and-a-half years and say the same.

Highly recommended.

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Excellent introduction to issues within NT scholarship.

Reinventing Jesus contains a well thought out and scholarly introduction to a number of issues currently being discussed within New Testament scholarly circles, and I'd wholeheartedly recommend it to the layman in high school, college or the workforce, and also to the scholar. This book also served as a great primer for me into the work of Wallace and Sawyer, and Komoszewski's book on the deity of Christ co-authored with Robert Bowman is on its way to me now!

The book covers a large range of topics including oral tradition, textual criticism, early church history, Christology, and the newly internet-revived pagan copycat thesis. Komoszewski et al address (but also in some cases, build upon) the arguments of both popular and academic writers, providing a fair yet critical evaluation of the claims of authors such as Bart Ehrman, Acharya S, Robert M. Price, and Freke and Gandy. They also provide a list of books for further reading in each topic they write about, giving the reader an opportunity to move on once passing the popular introduction to these issues to more academic sources.

All in all, great book, and I would be pleased to see this cohort assemble again for another quality work.

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Reinventing Jesus cuts through the rhetoric of extreme doubt to reveal the profound credibility of historic Christianity. Meticulously researched yet eminently readable, this book invites a wide audience to take a firsthand look at the primary evidence for Christianity's origins. (20070201)

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