CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1 PERENNIAL QUESTIONS IN THE STUDY
OF THE GOSPELS
FAITH CHALLENGED BY REASON: MIRACLES AND THE DOCTRINE
OF EXCLUSIVE REVELATION
THE RECONCILIATION OF FAITH AND REASON IN MYTH 6
REACTIONS AGAINST MYTHICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE GOSPELS
THEOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO THE CRITICAL DILEMMA
IS THE HISTORICAL STUDY OF JESUS POSSIBLE?
CHAPTER 2 JESUS IN EXTRABIBLICAL SOURCES
EVIDENCE IN NON-CHRISTIAN HISTORICAL WRITING
EVIDENCE IN JEWISH RELIGIOUS SOURCES
THE BEARING OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS ON UNDERSTANDING
JESUS
SOME CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE HISTORICAL VALUE OF THE
EXTRABIBLICAL SOURCES
