UID:
almafu_9959233571602883
Format:
1 online resource (401 p.)
ISBN:
0-19-103727-3
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0-19-152042-X
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0-19-826382-1
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9786612052149
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1-282-05214-4
Content:
The story of Jesus of Nazareth, as recounted in the New Testament, has always been understood by the church to be historically true. It is an account of the life, death, and resurrection of a real person, whose links with history are firmly signalled in the creeds of the early church, which affirm that Jesus `suffered under Pontius Pilate'. Contemporary historical scholarship has, however, called into question the reliability of the church's version of this story, and therebyraised the question as to whether ordinary people can know its historical truth.This book argues that the historicity of
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Preface; Contents; 1. The Incarnational Narrative and the Problem of Its Historicity; 2. Modernity's Responses to the Problem; 3. Why the Events Matter: 1. History, Meaning, and Myth; 4. Why the Events Matter: 2. God's Atoning Work; 5. Awareness of the Narrative: Do We Need to Know?; 6. Is the Incarnation Logically Possible?; 7. Miracles: Their Possibility and Knowability; 8. Critical History and the Supernatural; 9. Epistemology and the Ethics of Belief; 10. The Incarnational Narrative as Historical: Evidence for Belief; 11. The Incarnational Narrative as Historical: Grounds for Belief
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12. Putting the Two Stories Together13. Historical Scholarship and the Layperson: A Case Study; 14. Conclusions: Deeper Encounters with Historical Scholarship and Prospects for Apologetics; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-826397-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-160057-1
Language:
English
