Fabricating Jesus - by Craig A Evans (Paperback)

About the Book

Why are scholars so prone to fabricate a new Jesus? Why is the public so eager to accept such claims without question? What methods and assumptions predispose scholars to distort the record? Is there a more sober approach to finding the real Jesus? Craig Evans offers a sane approach to examining the sources for understanding the historical Jesus.

Book Synopsis

Why are scholars so prone to fabricate a new Jesus? Why is the public so eager to accept such claims without question? What methods and assumptions predispose scholars to distort the record? Is there a more sober approach to finding the real Jesus? Craig Evans offers a sane approach to examining the sources for understanding the historical Jesus.

Review Quotes

. . .great value for evangelicals. Evans demonstrates that good scholarship is on the side of Scripture.

. . .great value for evangelicals. Evans demonstrates that good scholarship is on the side of Scripture.

--Richard A. Fordyce, Stone-Campbell Journal, Fall 2008

"Fabricating Jesus is an excellent resource for basic information about the texts, issues and major players in the historical Jesus debate."

"Fabricating Jesus is an excellent resource for basic information about the texts, issues and major players in the historical Jesus debate."

--Juan Hernandez Jr. for Religious Studies Review, April 2007

"[A]s a resource to quickly find some responses to or literature on some bewildering issues in Jesus studies, this volume will prove very helpful."

"[A]s a resource to quickly find some responses to or literature on some bewildering issues in Jesus studies, this volume will prove very helpful."

--Jack Barentsen in Criswell Theological Review, Spring 2008

"[This book] is a timely, succinct, and well-written guide for those perplexed by this subject that is much in the news these days. In this wide-ranging book Evans covers numerous contemporary and perennial academic topics related to the historical Jesus."

"[This book] is a timely, succinct, and well-written guide for those perplexed by this subject that is much in the news these days. In this wide-ranging book Evans covers numerous contemporary and perennial academic topics related to the historical Jesus."

--On Mission, Fall 2007

"Dr. Evans has done a formidable service to evangelical Christianity . . . [and] has ably championed the integrity of the original New Testament documents as reliable evidence of the traditional Historical Jesus."

"Dr. Evans has done a formidable service to evangelical Christianity . . . [and] has ably championed the integrity of the original New Testament documents as reliable evidence of the traditional Historical Jesus."

--Frank Z. Kovacs, Haddington House Journal, 2008

"In the genre of conservative evangelical responses to The Da Vinci Code and the Jesus Seminar, Fabricating Jesus stands out as a generously civil yet firm critique of the way some scholars distort Jesus."

"In the genre of conservative evangelical responses to The Da Vinci Code and the Jesus Seminar, Fabricating Jesus stands out as a generously civil yet firm critique of the way some scholars distort Jesus."

--Perspectives on Science Christian Faith, June 2007

"In this book, aimed primarily at a nonspecialist audience, Craig A. Evans intends to show that traditional views about the Gospels and Jesus are historically well founded. Evans brings his considerable expertise to bear on a wide variety of topics."

"In this book, aimed primarily at a nonspecialist audience, Craig A. Evans intends to show that traditional views about the Gospels and Jesus are historically well founded. Evans brings his considerable expertise to bear on a wide variety of topics."

--Daniel A. Smith for The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, January 2008

"Overall, this work makes a major contribution to historical Jesus studies."

"Overall, this work makes a major contribution to historical Jesus studies."

--Christian Apologetics Journal, Summer 2007

"This is a work that can be given to a genuinely interested skeptic, and you will not be embarrassed. Recommended."

"This is a work that can be given to a genuinely interested skeptic, and you will not be embarrassed. Recommended."

--Samuel Lamerson, Journal of the Evangelical Theology Society, March 2008

"This thorough, well-written book debunks a number of serious but widespread and influential misinterpretations of the New Testament Gospels, and thus provides an invaluable service."

"This thorough, well-written book debunks a number of serious but widespread and influential misinterpretations of the New Testament Gospels, and thus provides an invaluable service."

--CHOICE, September 2007

About the Author

Craig A. Evans is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and has written extensively on the historical Jesus and the Jewish background of the New Testament era. He has appeared frequently as an expert commentator on network television programs, such as Dateline, and in various documentaries on the BBC, the Discovery Channel and the History Channel.