Incredible Shrinking Son of Man
Title | Incredible Shrinking Son of Man PDF eBook |
Author | Robert M. Price |
Publisher | Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | 389 |
Release | 2009-09-25 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1615920285 |
"This book should be mandatory reading for all scholars concerned with Christian origins ... nothing of comparable importance has been written for at least a decade." - Freethinker For more than a century scholars have been examining the Gospels and other traditions about the life of Jesus to determine their historical accuracy. Although the results of these scholarly efforts are sometimes controversial, the consensus among researchers today is that the four Evangelists'' accounts cannot be taken at face value. In fact, a team of more than 100 scholars called the Jesus Seminar has come to the conclusion that on average only about 18 percent of the four Gospels is historically accurate.An active member of the Jesus Seminar, Dr. Robert M. Price presents the fruits of this important historical research in this fascinating discussion of early Christianity. As the title suggests, Price is none too optimistic about the reliability of the Gospel tradition as a source of accurate historical information about the life of Jesus. Indeed, he feels that his colleagues in the Jesus Seminar are much too optimistic in their estimate of authentic material in the Gospels. After an introduction to the historical-critical method for nonspecialists and a critique of the methods used by the Jesus Seminar, Price systematically discusses the narrative and teaching materials in the Gospel, clearly presenting what is known and not known about all of the major episodes of Jesus'' life. He also examines the parables for authenticity as well as Jesus'' teachings about the Kingdom of God, repentance, prayer, possessions and poverty, the Atonement, and many other features of the Gospels.Written for the general reading public in a lively and accessible style, Dr. Price''s highly informative discussion will be of interest to anyone who has wondered about the origins of Christianity.
The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man
Title | The Incredible Shrinking Son of Man PDF eBook |
Author | Robert M. Price |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 389 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Bible |
ISBN |
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Title | The Incredible Shrinking Man PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Matheson |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Total Pages | 356 |
Release | 2001-02-24 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780312856649 |
A collection of writings by Richard Matheson, including the novel "The Incredible Shrinking Man".
Deconstructing Jesus
Title | Deconstructing Jesus PDF eBook |
Author | Robert M. Price |
Publisher | Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | 284 |
Release | 2009-09-25 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1615921206 |
After more than a century of New Testament scholarship, it has become clear that the Jesus of the gospels is a fictive amalgam, reflecting the hopes and beliefs of the early Christian community and revealing very little about the historical Jesus. Over the millennia since the beginning of Christianity various congregations, from fundamentalist to liberal, have tended to produce a Jesus figurehead that functions as a symbolic cloak for their specific theological agendas. Through extensive research and fresh textual insights Robert M. Price paves the way for a new reconstruction of Christian origins. Moving beyond the work of Burton L. Mack and John Dominic Crossan on Jesus movements and Christ cults, which shows how the various Jesus figures may have amalgamated into the patchwork savior of Christian faith, Price takes an innovative approach. He links the work of F.C. Baur, Walter Bauer, Helmut Koester, and James M. Robinson with that of early Christ-myth theorists-two camps of biblical analysis that have never communicated. Arguing that perhaps Jesus never existed as a historical figure, Price maintains an agnostic stance, while putting many puzzles and scholarly debates in a new light. He also incorporates neglected parallels from Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and Buddhism. Deconstructing Jesus provides a valuable bridge between New Testament scholarship and early freethinkers in a refreshing cross-fertilization of perspectives.
The Christian Delusion
Title | The Christian Delusion PDF eBook |
Author | John W. Loftus |
Publisher | Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | 426 |
Release | 2010-04-20 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1616143185 |
In this anthology of recent criticisms aimed at the reasonableness of Christian belief, a former evangelical minister and apologist, author of the critically acclaimed Why I Became an Atheist, has assembled fifteen outstanding articles by leading skeptics, expanding on themes introduced in his first book. Central is a defense of his "outsider test of faith," arguing that believers should test their faith with the same skeptical standards they use to evaluate the other faiths they reject, as if they were outsiders. Experts in medicine, psychology, and anthropology join Loftus to show why, when this test is applied to Christianity, it becomes very difficult to rationally defend. Collectively, these articles reveal that popular Christian beliefs tend to rely on ignorance of the facts. Drawing together experts in diverse fields, including Hector Avalos, Richard Carrier, David Eller, and Robert Price, this book deals a powerful blow against Christian faith.
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN
Title | THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Matheson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 93 |
Release | 1957 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Incredible Shrinking Gospel
Title | The Incredible Shrinking Gospel PDF eBook |
Author | Lee A Wyatt |
Publisher | Energion Publications |
Total Pages | 200 |
Release | 2015-09-22 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1631993585 |
The church is working with a shrunken Gospel, robbed of its power, limited in its scope, and unable to catch the interest of those it needs to reach. Who is responsible? More importantly, how can we reclaim the full content and the powerful nature of the Gospel itself? In this book, retired pastor Lee Wyatt looks at the crisis in the church, one he believes is caused by our loss of this full Gospel message. To rebuild our understanding he then revisits Jesus, helping us to become acquainted with Him and the meaning of his mission. Then, and only then, with this rebuilt picture of Jesus, does he revisit evangelism, and tell us how we can turn our efforts to reach around the world. Only when we have “unshrunk” our gospel can we successfully evangelize.