Description
: 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 Jesus 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 Christian origins.
Reinventing Jesus shows believers that it’s okay to think hard about Christianity, and shows hard thinkers that it’s okay to believe.
Features & Benefits
Never in the history of the Christian faith has unbelief had the tools at its disposal that it has today. Every kind of argument against the Bible and its portrait of Jesus is picked up and repeated endlessly in published works and on the Internet. Christians are often hit with "scholarly" arguments indicating that we can't have any knowledge of what the Bible originally said or who Jesus really was. We are told Christianity is not unique and the story of Jesus is patterned after pagan myths. Reinventing Jesus
cuts through the rhetoric of radical skepticism and provides a clear, understandable, and compelling response to those attempting to rewrite the history of early Christianity. People loosely slap "must read" on just about anything these days. But when it comes to Reinventing Jesus
, the label sticks!
James White Author,
The King James Only Controversy and
The Forgotten Trinity, Director,
Alpha and Omega Ministries
Who do men say that I am?" is a question Jesus asked his disciples, and it is one that is still being asked today. In Reinventing Jesus
, the authors answer this question, addressing some of the most well-known arguments offered by those who do not confess that Jesus is Lord. They do so in a respectful way, with academic rigor and clarity of prose.
Francis J. Beckwith Associate Professor of Church-State Studies, Baylor University
In our postmodern, secular culture, religion is treated as privatized, relativized blind faith whose sole value is that it is meaningful to those who take the leap. In keeping with this milieu, Jesus has been reshaped and reinvented to fit virtually every ideology in sight. When this is done by scholars, the average believer may get the impression that something has been found out by those in the know that renders an orthodox view of Jesus naïve and unreasonable. Reinventing Jesus
corrects this impression and it represents a rigorous yet readable defense of the orthodox understanding of Jesus. While most books of this genre focus exclusively on the general historicity of the New Testament documents, Reinventing Jesus
is unique in including but going beyond this concern by tackling questions of the accuracy of the NT textual materials, the credibility of the NT canon, and the relationship between Jesus and evolutionary Christology rooted in pagan religious myths. This book is a welcomed resource for such a time as this.
J. P. Moreland
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Biola University Director, Eidos Christian Center
About the Authors
J. Ed Komoszewski, Th.M.
Ed graduated summa cum laude from Dallas Theological Seminary with a Th.M. in New Testament Studies. He has taught biblical and theological studies at Northwestern College and served as the director of research for Josh McDowell Ministry. Ed is the coauthor (with Robert M. Bowman, Jr.) of Holes in God's Hands: Knowing Jesus as Your Lord and Your God (Kregel, forthcoming).
M. James Sawyer, Ph.D.
Jim has been teaching theology since 1984 and currently serves as Professor of Theology and Church History at Western Seminary. His breadth of knowledge and ability to synthesize large amounts of information into accessible forms are clearly seen in his Zondervan titles Taxonomic Charts of Theology and Biblical Studies and The Survivor's Guide to Theology.
Daniel B. Wallace, Ph.D.
Dan is Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, director of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, and senior New Testament editor of the NET Bible. His textbook Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament is used in two-thirds of the nation's schools that teach biblical Greek.
