Ancient Evidence for the Life of Jesus (1984 Habermas), book
Gary R. Habermas, Ancient Evidence for the Life of Jesus (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1984). Reprinted as The Verdict of History: Conclusive Evidence for the Life of Jesus (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1988).
Abstract
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Contents
1. Historical methodology and miracle claims -- A concept of history -- Historical research and investigation -- Historical research and miracle claims -- Historians and the resurrection of Jesus -- 2. Misconceptions concerning the historicity of Jesus -- Did Jesus ever live -- We can know little about the historical Jesus -- A historical Jesus without theology or miracles -- No extra New Testament sources for Jesus -- 3. Popularistic lives of Jesus -- The fictitious lives of Jesus -- The swoon theory -- The swoon theory refuted -- Qumran connections -- Gnostic influences -- Jesus' message is changed by others -- Jesus as international traveler -- 4. Ancient non-Christian sources -- Ancient historians -- Government officials -- Other Jewish sources -- Other Gentile sources -- Gnostic sources -- Other lost works -- Synopsis: Jesus and ancient Christianity -- 5. Primary sources: creeds and facts -- Christological creeds -- I Cor. 15:3ff -- Known historical facts -- Core historical facts -- Synopsis of creeds and facts -- 6. Ancient Christian sources (non-N.T.) -- 90-126 A.D. -- 126-155 A.D. -- Synopsis of Christian sources -- 7. Archaeological sources -- Luke's census -- Yohanan-crucifixion victim -- The Nazareth decree -- Shroud of Turin -- Other archaeological data -- Synopsis of archaeological sources -- 8. Summary and assessment -- Synopsis of sources -- Evaluation of sources.
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