Cynic Sage or Son of God?: Recovering the Real Jesus in an Age of Revisionist RepliesNot since David Strauss' Life of Jesus shook European Christianity to its foundations in the nineteenth century has any scholarly discussion of the historical Jesus made the impact on a popular level that the Jesus Seminar is presently making in America. Popular magazines have provided a remarkable amount of space for the Jesus Seminar, including Time and Newsweek which made their work cover stories. At the forefront of the movement lies the work of John Dominic Crossan and Burton L. Mack, who have popularized the "Jesus as Cynic sage" view. The growing popularity of this new paradigm should be of significant concern for all who hold to the historic Christian faith. To date, however, no thorough evangelical response has been provided to these revisionist views of the historical Jesus. This book is written to fill this void. It provides a serious critique of the Cynic thesis, accessible to laypeople and of interest to thoughtful observers. With interest in the "quest for the historical Jesus" continuing anew, Boyd's Cynic Sage or Son of God? provides an orthodox defense of the biblical Jesus. |
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Contents
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A Critique of the Central Arguments for the Cynic Thesis | 151 |
Paul and the Historical Jesus | 165 |
Imagined in the Mind or Rooted in History? | 188 |
Creative Fabrication or Reliable Report? | 203 |
Obscure Nobody or Apostolic Authority? | 228 |
Acts of Lukes Mind or Acts of the Apostles? | 247 |
Devoured by Beasts or Raised from the Dead? | 267 |
Endnotes | 295 |
Bibliography | 379 |
Author Index | 409 |
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| Title | Cynic Sage or Son of God?: Recovering the Real Jesus in an Age of Revisionist Replies |
| Author | Gregory A. Boyd |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2010 |
| ISBN | 160899953X, 9781608999538 |
| Length | 416 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christian Church / General Religion / Christian Ministry / General Religion / Christian Theology / Apologetics |
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