I enjoyed Scot McKnight’s piece on the Historical Jesus, because much of it is important to say. Historical Jesus work is often deconstructive (the key word here is often). History at its best is ...

Scot McKnight is right to insist that the Gospels rather than scholars’ speculations are where we encounter Jesus. I myself recently argued in The Historical Jesus of the Gospels that the Gospel ...

SYDNEY >> Did a man called Jesus of Nazareth walk the earth? Discussions over whether the figure known as the “Historical Jesus” actually existed primarily reflect disagreements among atheists.

One of the most debated questions in the study of early Christianity and ancient history is whether Jesus of Nazareth was a real historical person. While the New Testament documents are primary ...

Theological trends in Protestant divinity schools seem to come and go almost before laymen have time to find out what they are all about. Hardly was liberalism enthroned in the seminaries when ...

Bock titles his introductory chapter: “Jesus by the Rules: And the Rules Were Not Made by the Church.” So who wrote the rules? Certainly not those who argue for an orthodox approach to Jesus’ life and ...

Now why did he leave Galilee and head for Jerusalem? Jesus apparently at some point makes the decision to leave his home territory and move to Jerusalem. Precisely why he did that is not clear. It ...