Friday, September 11, 2009

Recommended Reading (pt. 6)

The Case for the Real Jesus by Lee Strobel

Today, the traditional picture of Jesus is under an intellectual onslaught from critical scholars, popular historians, TV documentaries, Hollywood movies, bestselling authors, Internet bloggers, Muslim debaters, and atheist think tanks. They're capturing the public's imagination with a radical new portrait of Jesus that bears scant resemblance to the picture historically embraced by the church.

How persuasive is this new image of Jesus? Is it based on well-supported facts and arguments- or does it fade away when exposed to the hot light of scrutiny?

In this dramatic investigation, award-winning writer and former legal editor Lee Strobel explores such controversial questions as: Did Christianity suppress "alternative gospels" that portray Jesus more accurately than the New Testament? Did the church distort the truth about Jesus by tampering with early biblical texts? Have fresh insights and explanations finally disproved the resurrection? Were the essential beliefs about Jesus stolen from earlier mythology? Have new objections disqualified Jesus from being the Messiah?

Evaluate the evidence for yourself as leading experts grapple with the latest objections from today's foremost critics. Then reach your own verdict in
The Case for the Real Jesus.

In The Case for Christ, Lee gives us the overwhelming evidence that the Gospels give the most accurate picture of Jesus and that they are records of historical fact. However, over the years many more critics have come with their objections and alternate explanations. Lee continues the Case for tradition by interviewing the top scholars in the field to answer the objections he's heard from atheists, Muslims, Jews, and other historians. An excellent book with a lot of information for people who may have heard these objections and are looking for answers.

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