Review: The Case for the Real Jesus: A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ by Lee Strobel

Synopsis: What IS the truth about Jesus? Today, the traditional picture of Jesus is under an intellectual onslaught from critical scholars, popular historians, TV documentaries, Hollywood movies, bestselling authors, Internet bloggers, and atheist think tanks. They're capturing the public's imagination with a radical new portrait of Jesus that bears scant resemblance to the picture historically embraced by the church. How persuasive is this new image of Jesus? Is it based on well-supported facts and arguments? Or does it fade away when exposed to the hot light of

scrutiny? In this dramatic investigation, award-winning writer and former legal editor

Lee Strobel explores such controversial questions as:

- Did Christianity suppress "alternative gospels" that portray Jesus more

accurately than the New Testament?

- Did the church distort the truth about Jesus by tampering with early

biblical texts?

- Have fresh insights and explanations finally disproved the resurrection?

- Were the essential beliefs about Jesus stolen from earlier mythology?
- Have new objections disqualified Jesus from being the Messiah?

Evaluate the evidence for yourself as leading experts grapple with the latest objections from today's foremost critics. Then reach your own verdict in The Case for the Real Jesus. (from the online description)

Review: With his trademark efficiency, Strobel digs into the question about Jesus. He answers several of the most common questions about Jesus – including the one I most wanted answered: Did Christianity build the myth of Jesus from Pagan Myths. While Strobel didn’t answer this completely to my satisfaction, he laid the ground work for further investigation.

Each of the experts he speaks with have a list of credentials a mile long. These are some of the smartest, most respected scholars in the world. To see them not only address these ideas about Jesus, but the scholarship that led to these ideas, gives the reader confidence that the answers presented have merit and truth. Worth reading if you have questions about Jesus. 

Bookmarks: 7 of 10

Awards: None

ISBN: 978-0-310-24210-9
Year Published: 2007
Date Finished: 2-18-2016
Pages: 309