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-“Jesus, The Final Days”

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

By Craig A. Evans and N.T.Wright (Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009, 116 pages)

A scholarly examination of the last events in the life and resurrection of Jesus Christ by two able New Testament scholars. Evans and Wright take a look at all of the current historical and archeological evidence and theories pertaining to [...]

-“Jesus Interrupted”

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

By Bart D. Ehrman, (San Francisco: Harper One, 2009, 292 pages)

New Testament scholar Dr. Ben Witherington gives an incredible detailed analysis of Bart Ehrman’s New book: “Jesus Interrupted”—in a 6 part series:
 
Bart Interrupted— A detailed Analysis of ‘Jesus Interrupted’ Part One
Bart Interrupted— A detailed Analysis of ‘Jesus Interrupted’ Part Two
Bart Interrupted— A detailed Analysis [...]

"What Jesus Demands from the World" -Demand #2: Repent

Friday, January 26th, 2007

A continuing series reflecting on the book: “What Jesus Demands from the World”, By John Piper  (Wheaton, Ill: Crossway Books, 2006, 400 pgs.)

Jesus began his public ministry with the declaration: "Repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand." (Matt. 4:17)  What is repentance? What does it mean, and more important, what did Jesus [...]

"What Jesus Demands from the World" -The Quest for the Historical Jesus

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

By John Piper (Wheaton, Ill: Crossway Books, 2006, 400 pgs.)

John Piper has some great comments about the Gospels and the ‘Quest’ of modern Biblical scholarship for the ‘real’ Jesus.  See the section in the intro of his newest book ("What Jesus Demands from the World") called: "A Word to Biblical Scholars" (pg.29-36).
He points out [...]

Serial Review: “The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed”-Part 1

Sunday, November 5th, 2006

By Bart D. Ehrman (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2006, pgs. 198)
 
This is probably destined to be the definitive book on the subject.  Written by the very able scholar from Chapel Hill.  One may disagree with his conclusions, but Dr. Ehrman is never to be ignored.  I plan to review his book in a ’serial’ [...]

"The Gospel of Judas"

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

Edited by: Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer, Gregor Wurst, with Bart D. Ehrman (National Geographic: Washington DC, 2006, 185 pgs)

The book contains an introduction to the ‘Gospel’, with a translation and commentary.  First, a chapter on the incredible story of the discovery of the Codex and intrigue which kept the text from public view for [...]

"Misquoting Jesus" -An Extensive and Scholarly Review

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

“MISQUOTING JESUS: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why”, by Bart D. Ehrman, (San Francisco: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005, 242 pgs.)

Dr. Ehrman is a noted New Testament textual scholar.  His accomplishments are extensive, and he comes to the table with incredible abilities and extensive knowledge.  Yet, I was quite disappointed in Ehrman’s work.  [...]