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The best we can do is follow the experts, and maybe we can't even evaluate which one of them to believe.But experts decide on different views of Jesus based not solely (or even mostly) on their historical knowledge, but on their background understanding of the world. Martin argues, modestly but I think mistakenly, that if the 'experts' can't find Jesus, or can't agree on where he is, then the rest of us are up a creek without a paddle. But these men and women are all worth hearing from: even if it is not possible in a short book to go into details, this is a fair introduction, and quite readable.On one point, I do disagree strongly with Dr. Crossan and Borg bare hearing, though I have written my own critique of the Jesus Seminar (Why the Jesus Seminar can't find Jesus), explaining what I think they get wrong. I agree with him that NT Wright is probably the best of the best. I think he does a fair job picking scholars. This is, perhaps, philosophical in that deeper sense, in the spirit of Socrates: asking questions for the eccentric purpose of finding out answers, not like Perry Mason who knows what answers he's going to get but just wants everyone else to hear it from other lips.Martin's method is to survey the answers several erudite and accomplished scholars on various sides of this issue have come to, and evaluate those answers.

(Aslan is neither objective, nor a real historian, and it tells.)Martin, by contrast, is probably the closest thing I have come in this field to a genuinely objective, or at least undecided, observer. A few even pretend to be objective, like Reza Aslan's phony-baloney 'Zealot,' which was the number-one best-seller in the summer of 2013. Many of them are well-written and interesting, and some are best-sellers. The Apostle John was not far wrong: the world is filled with books about what Jesus did and did not do. Within the boundaries of its ambitions (see the 2-star review by a disgruntled philosopher below), this is I think a useful and interesting project. Fascinating and highly recommended for anyone trying to make sense of all the different scholars views on the subject. Martin plainly tells what is good and bad about their views and methods.

The best book written on the overview of recent historical Jesus research and it's authors. The Elusive Messiah: A Philosophical Overview Of The Quest For The Historical Jesus by Raymond Martin Review His accessible writing synthesizes complex academic arguments in ways that bring them down to earth, enabling Christians and other readers to understand what is being claimed and to test these claims for meaningfulness.

Martin goes on to argue philosophically that faith and reason are able to coexist alongside each other, and then suggests how this may be the key to Christianity's future.Through readily understandable language and examples, Martin poses basic questions, looks for the answers, and explains how these answers correspond to the overall problem. Crossan, and Luke Timothy Johnson.In his second section, Martin discusses various Christian responses to the challenges presented by the historians' work. Sanders, John Meier, Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza, J. In the book's first section, he provides an insightful overview into the major players who have written on the subject, among them E. reason.To fully understand the implications of the historical search, Raymond Martin suggests we must first examine the inquiries of the individual scholars. What might the findings of researchers engaged in the quest for the historical Jesus mean to Christians? In posing this question and others, The Elusive Messiah opens a window for looking anew at the age old problem of faith vs.

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