Bart D. Ehrman is a historian of early Christianity, and this HarperOne book is his standard scholarly treatment of the historicity of Jesus of Nazareth, arguing against Jesus mythicist positions from the methods of historical criticism. Its strength is that Ehrman, though himself not a believer, argues the historical case using the standard tools of the field and is a widely cited specialist in New Testament studies. Its limit is that the book is written for a general audience as much as for specialists, and some of Ehrman's specific arguments have drawn criticism from other historians on points of method, so a claim resting on a particular disputed detail should be checked against the wider scholarly literature.
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AuthorBart D. Ehrman
PublisherHarperOne
Publication Year2012
URLhttps://archive.org/details/didjesusexisthis0000ehrm
Source TypeScholarly work
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Bart Ehrman's standard scholarly treatment of the historicity of Jesus of Nazareth, from a leading historian of early Christianity though published by a general trade press. NotesStandard scholarly treatment of the historicity of Jesus of Nazareth.
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This source backs 38 claims across the atlas. As facts: 22 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 popular myth - corrected. As cited relationships: 8 holds. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Articles, 9 claims: 9 well-attested.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Figures, 7 claims: 1 well-attested, 5 holds, 1 general references.
- Scripture Portions, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Religious Events, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 2 general references.
- Historical Figures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Screen Works, 2 claims: 1 popular myth - corrected, 1 general references.
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