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Questioning the historicity of Jesus : why a philosophical analysis elucidates the historical discourse
- Title
- Questioning the historicity of Jesus : why a philosophical analysis elucidates the historical discourse / by Raphael Lataster.
- Author
- Lataster, Raphael
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 494 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "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 Using the logical tools of the analytic philosopher, Lataster finds that the relevant sources are unreliable as historical documents, and that the key method of those purporting that the Historical Jesus existed is to appeal to sources that do not exist.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"--
- Series Statement
- Value inquiry book series, 0929-8436 ; volume 336
- Philosophy and religion
- Uniform Title
- Value inquiry book series ; v. 336.
- Value inquiry book series. Philosophy and religion.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [465]-491) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part 1. The case for historicity. Ehrman's dual approach towards the gospels -- Beyond the gospels -- Casey's superfluous 'scholarship' -- Part 2. The case for agnosticism. Inadequate methods -- Inadequate sources -- The problems of Paul -- Part 3. The case for mythicism. Prior probabilities -- Consequent probabilities -- Calculations -- Conclusions.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-108
- ISBN
- 9789004397934
- 9004397930
- 9789004408784 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019023151
- OCLC
- 1101396000
- Author
- Lataster, Raphael, author.
- Title
- Questioning the historicity of Jesus : why a philosophical analysis elucidates the historical discourse / by Raphael Lataster.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Value inquiry book series, 0929-8436 ; volume 336Philosophy and religionValue inquiry book series ; v. 336.Value inquiry book series. Philosophy and religion.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [465]-491) and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Lataster, Raphael, Questioning the historicity of Jesus Leiden ; Boston : Brill-Rodopi, 2019. 9789004408784 (DLC) 2019023152
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-108