Books about the historical Jesus tend to come out of a ‘position’ about him, depending on whether or not the authors have accepted the Gospels' presentation of the Man.
_If that ‘position’ is not to accept the Gospels, their books tend to fall into two classes:
_Amongst those on the ‘Gospels’ side of the fence, the following are noted. NT Wright, in Who Was Jesus? gives pungent criticism of Thiering, Wilson and Spong, while commenting helpfully on Jesus' true identity. Also helpful on Jesus' identity is S Kim in The Son of Man as Son of God.
_Published posthumously, JAT Robinson in The Priority of John gives a helpful chronology of Jesus' ministry, arguing for the recoverability of the Jesus of history. The Roman Catholic, Ben Meyer's The Aims of Jesus is perceptive, but technical in style. P Barnett's The Two Faces of Jesus attempts to face head-on the challenge of the New Quest for Jesus.
_Older books of interest include I Howard Marshall's I Believe in the Historical Jesus, RT France's The Man They Crucified, CH Dodd's The Founder of Christianity, HEW Turner's Jesus, Master and Lord and Vincent Taylor's The Names of Jesus.
_It is noticeable that evangelicals are not in the forefront of Jesus studies (though I haven't yet read newly published Jesus books by H Bockmuehl and Leon Morris). Are evangelicals not at home with Jesus in history studies, finding Paul and doctrine more congenial?
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