{"product_id":"fabricating-jesus-how-modern-scholars-distort-the-gospels-9780830833559","title":"Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels","description":"\u003cp\u003eModern historical study of the Gospels seems to give us a new portrait of Jesus every spring--just in time for Easter. The more unusual the portrait, the more it departs from the traditional view of Jesus, the more attention it gets in the popular media.Why are scholars so prone to fabricate a new Jesus? Why is the public so eager to accept such claims without question? What methods and assumptions predispose scholars to distort the record? Is there a more sober approach to finding the real Jesus?Commenting on such recent releases as Bart Ehrman's \u003ci\u003eMisquoting Jesus, \u003c\/i\u003e James Tabor's \u003ci\u003eThe Jesus Dynasty, \u003c\/i\u003e Michael Baigent's \u003ci\u003eThe Jesus Papers\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eGospel of Judas, \u003c\/i\u003e for which he served as an advisory board member to the National Geographic Society, Craig Evans offers a sane approach to examining the sources for understanding the historical Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCraig A. Evans\u003c\/b\u003e is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and has written extensively on the historical Jesus and the Jewish background of the New Testament era. He has appeared frequently as an expert commentator on network television programs, such as \u003ci\u003eDateline, \u003c\/i\u003e and in various documentaries on the BBC, the Discovery Channel and the History Channel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492176302354,"sku":"9780830833559","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f36740c0-3340-4e6f-aa54-07eccbdf1d7d.jpg?v=1730574948","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fabricating-jesus-how-modern-scholars-distort-the-gospels-9780830833559","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}