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The historical Christ and the Jesus of faith : the incarnational narrative as history

Title
The historical Christ and the Jesus of faith : the incarnational narrative as history / C. Stephen Evans.
Author
Evans, C. Stephen.
Publication
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

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Description
xi, 386 pages; 22 cm
Subject
  • Jesus Christ > Biblical teaching
  • Jesus Christ > Historicity
  • Bible. > History > 20th century > Controversial literature
  • Bible. > Evidences, authority, etc
  • Incarnation > Biblical teaching
  • Atonement > Biblical teaching
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [356]-367) and index.
Contents
1. The Incarnational Narrative and the Problem of Its Historicity -- 2. Modernity's Responses to the Problem -- 3. Why the Events Matter: 1. History, Meaning, and Myth -- 4. Why the Events Matter: 2. God's Atoning Work -- 5. Awareness of the Narrative: Do We Need to Know? -- 6. Is the Incarnation Logically Possible? -- 7. Miracles: Their Possibility and Knowability -- 8. Critical History and the Supernatural -- 9. Epistemology and the Ethics of Belief -- 10. The Incarnational Narrative as Historical: Evidence for Belief -- 11. The Incarnational Narrative as Historical: Grounds for Belief -- 12. Putting the Two Stories Together -- 13. Historical Scholarship and the Layperson: A Case Study -- 14. Conclusions: Deeper Encounters with Historical Scholarship and Prospects for Apologetics.
ISBN
  • 019826397X (alk. paper)
  • 0198263821 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
95041328
OCLC
  • 33132594
  • ocm33132594
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries