What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity?44 reviews N. T. Wright Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1997 Great Explanation and Defense of New Perspective + Great View of Paul, Despite the Speck in Wright's Eye + A Great Summary of Wright's View of Paul and the Gospel. + Great Book with Typical Flaw             The Historical Christ and the Jesus of Faith: The Incarnational Narrative as History1 review C. Stephen Evans Oxford University Press, USA, 1996 The Joy of Thinking (or 'Getting Your Brain "Buff"') C. Stephen Evans 'The Historical Christ & the Jesus of Faith' is of importance not only to Christians of 'liberal' and 'conservative' bent, but to the unchurched thoughtful souls who wonder why the Jesus story matters. In an often rigorous, yet astonishingly accessible manner, Evans unfolds the ...             The Historical Reliability of John's Gospel: Issues & Commentary2 reviews Craig L. Blomberg InterVarsity Press, 1998 A Compelling Defense of the 4th Gospel Craig Blomberg, a scholar that specializes in the studies of the historical reliability of the Gospels, has written a volume that is an essential-read for those seeking a solid, in-depth defense of this Gospel's historicity and for those wishing to collect and become familiar with material ...             The Evidence for Jesus5 reviews James D. G. Dunn Westminster John Knox Press, 1986 A thoughtful book dealing with tough issues + level headed reading, avoiding extremes + Good Introduction + Concise and Balanced Introduction to Critical Scholarship             The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is39 reviews N. T. Wright InterVarsity Press, 1999 greatest book on jesus i've ever read + A Good Survey from a Leading Figure in Jesus Scholarship + So Necessary + The Faith and History of Jesus Presented to Us as a Challenge + Jesus of Faith and History             The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ30 reviews Gary R. Habermas College Press Publishing Company, Inc., 1996 Who said faith cannot be factual? + Makes a pretty good case for the historicity of Jesus + Grab your shovel were digging into History + Jesus Who? + A Must Read for Christology Students!             Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony21 reviews Richard Bauckham Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2006 This really happened... + Yay for this book + A scholarly assessment of New Testament chronology In this ambitious work of scholarship, Richard Bauckham argues that the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and such extrabiblical accounts as those by Papias, Urgulanius, and Polycrates, derive from eyewitness accounts. With respect to the Latin codex of Urgulanius, we are indeed dealing ...             The Birth Of Christianity: The First Twenty Years (After Jesus: Volume 1)7 reviews Paul Barnett Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005 Home Run + Presents the conservative view + The Birth of Christianity: the first twenty years + THE book on life after Jesus + This book hits the bull's eye while Crossan's misses the target             The Paul Quest: The Renewed Search for the Jew of Tarsus11 reviews Ben Witherington III InterVarsity Press, 2001 Amazing Pauline Book + Interesting research on Paul + Solid + Good Survey + An Interesting Read With Some Unique Conclusions             New Testament Documents : Are They Reliable?28 reviews F.F. Bruce InterVarsity Press, 1982 Don't let the size fool you! + Excellent, concise overview + In your face, deconstructionists! + An honest well researched work + Outstanding Overview             The Real Jesus : The Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Truth of the Traditional Gospels58 reviews Luke Timothy Johnson HarperOne, 1997 Well stated polemic on misuses of History on Faith + Moving Past History Channel Hype + Very Helpful for the Non-Scholary + Rating The Real Jesus by Johnson             Is The New Testament Reliable?4 reviews Paul Barnett InterVarsity Press, 2005 Yes, the NT Is Historically Reliable + Easy to read and excellent information + Excellent + Refreshing             The Jesus Quest: The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth18 reviews Ben Witherington III InterVarsity Press, 1997 An outstanding overview of contemporary Jesus scholarship + The best overview of recent biblical scholarship on the market + Jesus Scholarship: The State of the Art + REQUIRED READING FOR ALL CHRISTIANS!             New Testament History: A Narrative Account6 reviews Ben Witherington III Baker Academic, 2001 Excellent resource book + An Excellent New Testament History + Extensive research not only with regard to Biblical sources Witherington has written an excellent history in this fine book. It is a 10,000 foot view of New Testament issues hung on the framework of a history. He sets up the meat of the book with the history from Alexander the Great through the Hasmoneans to the time of Christ. It is here that the ...             Who Was Jesus?11 reviews N. T. Wright Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1993 Still Relevant Expose of Bogus Scholars + Good + Who Was Jesus? + A short masterpiece of clarity and sense.             The Original Jesus: The Life and Vision of a Revolutionary10 reviews N. T. Wright, Tom Wright Eerdmans Pub Co, 1996 True scholarship in a user-friendly package + A Fine and Penetrating Introduction + The book I need to read about Jesus This is a brilliant, no-nonsense historical introduction to Jesus and the Gospels. The first half of the book is based on a BBC series on Jesus that the author was asked to write and produce. The second half goes into a bit more depth regarding the Gospels as sources of historical information about ...             The Christology of Jesus4 reviews Ben Witherington Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1990 Experimental Christology + Witherington At His Best + Form Critical Search for Christology of Jesus + An academic, important study of Jesus' self understanding             New Testament History17 reviews F. F. Bruce Galilee / Doubleday, 1980 Very Good Documentation + New Testament Histroy + Great Resource + Great read. Great Information + Amazing Scholarship             Is the New Testament History?1 review Paul Barnett Servant Publications, 1987 Find it and Buy it! Possibly the easiest read on New Testament history. Covers all the major extra-Biblical sources well. A good start into a fascinating topic. Barnett is an author who is faithful to the Bible.             Jesus & the Rise of Early Christianity: A History of New Testament Times5 reviews Paul Barnett InterVarsity Press, 2002 About Time + Jesus & The Rise of Early Christianity + Very good NT historical survey + a good introduction or refresher + An authoritative reference on the roots of Christianity