Other articles and reviews of books about the historical Jesus include:
Q&A: Darrell Bock | CT spoke with Bock, Dallas Theological Seminary research professor of New Testament and author of the forthcoming The Missing Gospels (Nelson), about the stir caused by the Gospel of Judas release in early April. (June 1, 2006)
Jesus Out of Focus | The Da Vinci Code is raising issues that go to the heart of the Christian faith—and it's starting to confuse us all. (June 1, 2006)
A Faith Tailored Just for You | The hoopla over the Gospel of Judas is both absurd and revealing. A Christianity Today editorial (May 10, 2006)
The Judas We Never Knew | Disgraced disciple actually conspired with Jesus, according to newly released Gospel of Judas. Should we believe it? (April 6, 2006)
Why the 'Lost Gospels' Lost Out | Recent gadfly theories about church council conspiracies that manipulated the New Testament into existence are bad—really bad—history. (May 21, 2004)
Breaking The Da Vinci Code | So the divine Jesus and infallible Word emerged out of a fourth-century power-play? Get real. (Nov. 07, 2003)
Thanks, Da Vinci Code | Tbe book sends us back to Christianity's "founding fathers"—and the Bible we share with them (Nov. 14, 2003)
The Good News of Da Vinci | How a ludicrous book can become an opportunity to engage the culture. (Jan. 05, 2004)
Leading with Conclusions | Much of Jesus scholarship is about neither the historical Jesus nor good scholarship. (April 29, 2002)
Historical Hogwash | Two books—one new, one newly reissued—debunk false claims about the "real" Jesus. (July 13, 2001)
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In his 3d paragraph, Burge writes "Both the title and introduction suggest that this volume offers a scholarly apologetic for the New Testament Jesus." What does that mean? It implies, it seems to me, that there is a generally accepted notion of "the New Testament Jesus" that is obvious to everyone. But that is clearly not the case, even for the self-selected readers of this magazine. All of the works in question are struggling to interpret the words of the New Testament, some more sensationally than others, but no one KNOWS what the best interpretation is. At best, we all, perhaps like Burge, have our honest opinions, but no one KNOWS.
Gordon D. Payne
Posted: February 15, 2007 11:39 AM
Hm! Is it any wonder that there is an atheist community out there hanging on the "absence of evidence" produced by so many well informed Christian scholars!? There is no unity in diversity, only a recipe for unbelief. At least the early Churchmen recognized the need for apology on the one hand and some internal discipline on the other. The fact that we enjoy such literary license today is no justification to push the envelope. Let us return to healthy understanding as stated by the God/man Himself, about Himself. The surest way to build on the foundation of the Cornerstone, and there from a unity out of diversity, if only from the differences between Magdeline and Paul.
Lydia
Posted: February 14, 2007 10:41 PM
This book sounds like the result of so much academic "research" -- all "original" theses have been exhausted, and so people come up with one that does a rehash of the already-rehashed baloney that's collecting dust on college library shelves. But, giving it a People Magazine flavor would make it sell.
The words "a veritable potpourri" tell us what this is. Notice that the first syllable of potpurri is "pot".
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