For both the classroom and personal study, this is a book that fascinates, probes and engages. The Historical Jesus: Five Views offers a unique entry into the Jesus quest. Dunn probe these issues with formidable knowledge and honed insight, filling out a further range of options. And John Dominic Crossan, Luke Timothy Johnson and James D. In between there are numerous avenues to explore, questions to be asked and 'assured results' to be weighed. Price lucidly maintains that the probability of Jesus' existence has reached the 'vanishing point,' and on the other Darrell Bock ably argues that while critical method yields only a 'gist' of Jesus, it takes us in the direction of the Gospel portraits. Beginning with a scene-setting historical introduction by the editors, prominent figures in the Jesus quest set forth their views and respond to their fellow scholars. This Spectrum Multiview volume provides a venue for readers to sit in on a virtual seminar on the historical Jesus. And the public's attention has been regularly arrested by media coverage, with the Jesus Seminar or the James ossuary headlining the marquee. Since the early 1990s, when the Jesus quest was reawakened for a third run, numerous significant books have emerged. Christianity Today Book Award winner The scholarly quest for the historical Jesus has a distinguished pedigree in modern Western religious and historical scholarship, with names such as Strauss, Schweitzer and Bultmann highlighting the story.

The Historical Jesus by James K. Beilby