✨ Featured Offer
Used, Very Good
$11.84
List Price: $34.99
🚚
See all 5 offers from $11.84 FREE standard delivery by: 29 Mar 2026
Overview
After more than a century of New Testament scholarship, it has become clear that the Jesus of the gospels is a fictive amalgam, reflecting the hopes and beliefs of the early Christian community and revealing very little about the historical Jesus. Over the millennia since the beginning of Christianity various congregations, from fundamentalist to liberal, have tended to produce a Jesus figurehead that functions as a symbolic cloak for their specific theological agendas.
Through extensive research and fresh textual insights Robert M. Price paves the way for a new reconstruction of Christian origins. Moving beyond the work of Burton L. Mack and John Dominic Crossan on Jesus movements and Christ cults, which shows how the various Jesus figures may have amalgamated into the patchwork savior of Christian faith, Price takes an innovative approach. He links the work of F.C. Baur, Walter Bauer, Helmut Koester, and James M. Robinson with that of early Christ-myth theorists-two camps of biblical analysis that have never communicated.
Arguing that perhaps Jesus never existed as a historical figure, Price maintains an agnostic stance, while putting many puzzles and scholarly debates in a new light.
He also incorporates neglected parallels from Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and Buddhism. Deconstructing Jesus provides a valuable bridge between New Testament scholarship and early freethinkers in a refreshing cross-fertilization of perspectives.
Through extensive research and fresh textual insights Robert M. Price paves the way for a new reconstruction of Christian origins. Moving beyond the work of Burton L. Mack and John Dominic Crossan on Jesus movements and Christ cults, which shows how the various Jesus figures may have amalgamated into the patchwork savior of Christian faith, Price takes an innovative approach. He links the work of F.C. Baur, Walter Bauer, Helmut Koester, and James M. Robinson with that of early Christ-myth theorists-two camps of biblical analysis that have never communicated.
Arguing that perhaps Jesus never existed as a historical figure, Price maintains an agnostic stance, while putting many puzzles and scholarly debates in a new light.
He also incorporates neglected parallels from Islam, the Baha'i Faith, and Buddhism. Deconstructing Jesus provides a valuable bridge between New Testament scholarship and early freethinkers in a refreshing cross-fertilization of perspectives.
| ISBN-13 | 9781573927581 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 1573927589 |
| Weight | 0.88 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.35 x 0.81 x 8.42 In |
| List Price | $34.99 |
| Edition | 1st Edition |
| Format | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Pages | 284 pages |
| Publisher | Prometheus |
| Published On | 2000-03-01 |
View All Offers
Sort by:
Price
Condition
Seller
Seller Comments
Price
✨ Used, Very Good
Seller details
Aladdin Books
Fullerton, CA, USA
8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 1st Printing. About fine in very good dust jacket. No markings, no bookplate,...
Free delivery by: 29 Mar 2026
Used, Very Good
Seller details
Aladdin Books
Fullerton, CA, USA
8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. 1st Printing. About fine in near fine dust jacket. No markings, no bookplate,...
Free delivery by: 29 Mar 2026
Used, Good
Seller details
Book Alley
Pasadena, CA, USA
Top right corner of first blank page cut out. Marks to text along with other wear but is still in so...
Free delivery by: 29 Mar 2026
Used, Very Good
Seller details
HPB-Diamond
Dallas, TX, USA
Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and ...
Free delivery by: 29 Mar 2026
Used, Very Good
Seller details
Half Price Books Inc
Dallas, TX, USA
Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and ...
Free delivery by: 29 Mar 2026