The Jesus Puzzle
Challenging Intellectual Uncertainty about Jesus
Published on 24. February 2023
144 pages
978-1-80341-013-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Jesus Puzzle: Challenging intellectual uncertainty about Jesus shares the question of knowledge of the historical Jesus, in order to refute sceptics who consider that we can know very little about Him - and to encourage Christians to have more confidence in relating to what is said about Jesus in the gospels.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Collective Ink
File size
2,32 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-80341-013-5 (9781803410135)
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02/2023
John Hunt Publishing
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Person
After teaching in secondary schools and lecturing at Didsbury College of Education, first in History then in Religious Studies, Brenda Watson became Director of the Farmington Institute for Christian Studies in Oxford until 1988. Subsequently, she was an Education Consultant, and is now retired. She has been concerned with these issues most of her working life, and has published books and articles on these themes. She has a special concern to try to cross boundaries between learning and real life. She lives in West Malvern, UK.
Content
- Front Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Does it Matter that We Know about Jesus Today?
- Chapter 2 The Scholarly Quests for the Historical Jesus
- Chapter 3 The Nature of History
- Chapter 4 Giving Initial Benefit of Doubt: 1st Historical Principle
- Chapter 5 The Impact of Failure to Observe Initial Benefit of Doubt
- Chapter 6 The Uniqueness of Historical Events: 2nd Historical Principle
- Chapter 7. Explanation of Major Facts: 3rd Historical Principle
- Chapter 8 The Problem of Non-Explanation
- Chapter 9 Overcoming the Reason/Faith Dichotomy
- Appendix Further Information about the Scholarly Quests
- References
- Back Cover
