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Index
Chapter 3
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Recovering the Wording of the Original New Testament Text, Part 7
Chapter 13
Acknowledgments / 13 /
Introduction: Reinventing Jesus? / 15 /
PART 1: I BELIEVE IN YESTERDAY
1. The Gospel Behind the Gospels / 21 /
2. Oral Tradition and a Memorizing Culture / 33 /
3. An Eccentric Jesus and the Criteria of Authenticity / 39 /
PART 2: POLITICALLY CORRUPT? THE TAINTING OF ANCIENT NEW TESTAMENT TEXTS
4. Can We Trust the New Testament? The Quantity and Quality of Textual Variants / 53 /
5. Myths About Manuscripts / 65 /
6. An Embarrassment of Riches: Recovering the Wording of the Original New Testament Text, Part 1 /75
7. The Methods of Textual Criticism: Recovering the Wording of the Original New Testament Text, Part
8. Is What We Have Now What They Wrote Then? 11031
PART 3: DID THE EARLY CHURCH MUZZLE THE CANON?
9. The Range of the Canon / 121 /
10. What Did the Ancient Church Think of Forgeries? / 135 /
11. What Did the Ancient Forgers Think of Christ? / 151 /
PART 4: THE DIVINITY OF JESUS: EARLY TRADITION OR LATE SUPERSTITION?
12. Divine Portraits: Jesus in the Gospels / 169 /
13. Supreme Devotion: Jesus in the Larger New Testament / 181 /
14. From the Pens of Fathers and Foes: Jesus Outside the New Testament / 195 /
15. Simply Divine? The Real Issue at Nicea / 207 /
PART 5: STEALING THUNDER: DID CHRISTIANITY RIP OFF MYTHICAL GODS?
16. Parallelomania: Supposed Links Between Christianity and Pagan Religions / 219 /
17. The Virgin Birth of Alexander the Great? / 239 /
18. Osiris, Frankenstein, and Jesus Christ / 249 /
Conclusion: The Real Jesus / 259 /
Endnotes / 263 /
Further Reading / 329 /
Scripture Index / 333 /
Subject Index / 337 /
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