We're sorry. An error has occurred
Please cancel or retry.
Questioning the Historicity of Jesus
Regular price
$240.00
Regular price
$240.00
Sale price
$240.00
Unit price
/
per
Sold out
Re-stocking soon
This volume moves beyond the mainstream scholarly scepticism over the Christ of Faith and considers if there is sufficient evidence to establish the existence of the more mundane Historical Jesus. ...
Read More
Some error occured while loading the Quick View. Please close the Quick View and try reloading the page.
Couldn't load pickup availability
Ships within 2 business days
-
18 July 2019

This volume moves beyond the mainstream scholarly scepticism over the Christ of Faith and considers if there is sufficient evidence to establish the existence of the more mundane Historical Jesus. Using the logical tools of the analytic philosopher, Lataster finds that the relevant sources are unreliable as historical documents, and that the key method of those purporting that the Historical Jesus existed is to appeal to sources that do not exist. Considering an ancient hypothesis suggesting that Jesus began as a celestial messiah that certain Second Temple Jews already believed in, and was later allegorised in the Gospels, Lataster discovers that it is more reasonable to at least be agnostic over Jesus’ historicity.
Price: $240.00
Pages: 494
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Philosophy and Religion
Publication Date:
18 July 2019
ISBN: 9789004397934
Format: Hardcover
Raphael Lataster, Ph.D. (2017), University of Sydney, is an associate lecturer at that university. He has published monographs and articles on God’s existence and Jesus’ existence, including The Case Against Theism (Springer, 2018).