The Case for Jesus
The Biblical and Historical Evidence for Christ
Brant Pitre ; Robert Barron
- “This
- book
- will
- prove
- to
- be
- a
- most
- effective
- weapon…
- against
- the
- debunking
- and
- skeptical
- attitudes
- toward
- the
- Gospels
- that
- are
- so
- prevalent,
- not
- only
- in
- academe,
- but
- also
- on
- the
- street,
- among
- young
- people
- who,
- sadly,
- are
- leaving
- the
- Churches
- in
- droves.”
- –
- Robert
- Barron,
- author
- of
- CatholicismFor
- well
- over
- a
- hundred
- years
- now,
- many
- scholars
- have
- questioned
- the
- historical
- truth
- of
- the
- Gospels,
- claiming
- that
- they
- were
- originally
- anonymous.
- Others
- have
- even
- argued
- that
- Jesus
- of
- Nazareth
- did
- not
- think
- he
- was
- God
- and
- never
- claimed
- to
- be
- divine.In
- The
- Case
- for
- Jesus,
- Dr.
- Brant
- Pitre,
- the
- bestselling
- author
- of
- Jesus
- and
- the
- Jewish
- Roots
- of
- the
- Eucharist,
- goes
- back
- to
- the
- sources—the
- biblical
- and
- historical
- evidence
- for
- Christ—in
- order
- to
- answer
- several
- key
- questions,
- including:•
- Were
- the
- four
- Gospels
- really
- anonymous?
•
- Are
- the
- Gospels
- folklore?
- Or
- are
- they
- biographies?
•
- Were
- the
- four
- Gospels
- written
- too
- late
- to
- be
- reliable?
•
- What
- about
- the
- so-called
- “Lost
- Gospels,”
- such
- as
- “Q”
- and
- the
- Gospel
- of
- Thomas?
•
- Did
- Jesus
- claim
- to
- be
- God?
•
- Is
- Jesus
- divine
- in
- all
- four
- Gospels?
- Or
- only
- in
- John?
•
- Did
- Jesus
- fulfill
- the
- Jewish
- prophecies
- of
- the
- Messiah?
•
- Why
- was
- Jesus
- crucified?
•
- What
- is
- the
- evidence
- for
- the
- Resurrection?As
- The
- Case
- for
- Jesus
- will
- show,
- recent
- discoveries
- in
- New
- Testament
- scholarship,
- as
- well
- as
- neglected
- evidence
- from
- ancient
- manuscripts
- and
- the
- early
- church
- fathers,
- together
- have
- the
- potential
- to
- pull
- the
- rug
- out
- from
- under
- a
- century
- of
- skepticism
- toward
- the
- traditional
- Gospels.
- Above
- all,
- Pitre
- shows
- how
- the
- divine
- claims
- of
- Jesus
- of
- Nazareth
- can
- only
- be
- understood
- by
- putting
- them
- in
- their
- ancient
- Jewish context.
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