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Reinventing Jesus
by: J. Ed Komoszewski, M. James Sawyer, Daniel B. Wallace

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 239
EAN: 9780825429828
ISBN: 082542982X
Label: Kregel Publications
Manufacturer: Kregel Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 350
Publication Date: May 09, 2006
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Sales Rank: 41934
Studio: Kregel Publications

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From the worldwide phenomenon The Da Vinci Code to the national best-seller Misquoting Jesus, popular culture is being bombarded with radical skepticism about the uniqueness of Christ and the reliability of the New Testament. Reinventing Jesus cuts through the rhetoric of extreme doubt to reveal the profound credibility of historic Christianity. Meticulously researched yet eminently readable, this book invites a wide audience to take a firsthand look at the primary evidence for Christianity's origins. Reinventing Jesus shows believers that it's okay to think hard about Christianity, and shows hard thinkers that it's okay to believe.

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- Sorry, not Quite
I was unimpressed. I'm a believer, but this book does not answer the many questions that have been asked surrounding the veracity of the gospels and the historical Jesus, except in a superficial way.

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- Excellent textual critique
Reinventing Jesus is a an excellent exegesis of the Orthodox New Testament texts vis-a-vie the Gnostic texts using internal and extra-Biblical evidence. I had been exposed to some of the concepts of this type of study when I took a course on ancient Israel in graduate school, and found its extension to this topic of great interest.

I have to admit that after reading the very well balanced account of the two sets of texts, that they are very different from one another, and that the survivor simply met the needs of the people of the time more fully. I'm not certain that this has to do with their being "closer" to the teachings of Jesus, however, as almost everyone who witnessed the events of this time probably had his or her own take on the situation. I suspect the entire 1st Century was spent deciding just what the message actually was, and ultimately it came down to two almost opposite concepts. ... Read More

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- Excellent introduction to issues within NT scholarship.
Reinventing Jesus contains a well thought out and scholarly introduction to a number of issues currently being discussed within New Testament scholarly circles, and I'd wholeheartedly recommend it to the layman in high school, college or the workforce, and also to the scholar. This book also served as a great primer for me into the work of Wallace and Sawyer, and Komoszewski's book on the deity of Christ co-authored with Robert Bowman is on its way to me now!

The book covers a large range of topics including oral tradition, textual criticism, early church history, Christology, and the newly internet-revived pagan copycat thesis. Komoszewski et al address (but also in some cases, build upon) the arguments of both popular and academic writers, providing a fair yet critical evaluation of the claims of authors such as Bart Ehrman, Acharya S, Robert M. Price, and Freke and Gandy. They also provide a list of ... Read More

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- An Excellent Work of Apologetics
In recent years there have been a number of works attempting to undermine any traditional belief in Christianity. Likewise, there have been a number of Christian apologetics books designed to counter them. I found this particular one to be very interesting and it has a number of very appealing aspects.
For one, this book is a work written by scholars who are specialized in their subject. The authors focus a fair amount of the book on textural criticism. Some scholars such as Bart Earhman and some members of the Westar Group (Jesus Seminar)have been very critical of the New Testament in this regard and the authors seek to respond. Komoszewski, Sawyer, and Wallace also do a fine job refuting supposed links between Christianity and pagan religions as well as theories found in Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code." This book is more detailed and technical than the works of some apologetics such as Strobel, but generally ... Read More

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