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'''Did Jesus Exist?''' (1975) is a non-fiction book by [[George Albert Wells]].  
'''Did Jesus Exist?''' (1975) is a non-fiction book by [[George Albert Wells]].  


==Abstract ==
==Abstract ==


==Editions and translations==
"Professor Wells argues that there was no historical Jesus, and in thus arguing he deals with the many recent writers who have interpreted the historical Jesus as some kind of political figure in the struggle against Rome, and calls in evidence the many contemporary theologians who agree with some of his arguments about early Christianity. The question at issue is what all the evidence adds up to. Does it establish that Jesus did or did not exist? Professor Wells concludes that the latter is the more likely hypothesis. This challenge to received thinking by both Christians and non-Christians is supported by much documentary evidence, and Professor Wells carefully examines all the relevant problems and answers all the relevant questions. He deliberately avoids polemic and speculation, and sticks so far as possible to the known facts and to rational inferences from the facts."--Publisher description.
 
==Editions==


Published in Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1975 / 2nd rev. ed. 1986..
Published in Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1975 / 2nd rev. ed. 1986..
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Did Jesus Exist? (1975) is a non-fiction book by George Albert Wells.

Abstract

"Professor Wells argues that there was no historical Jesus, and in thus arguing he deals with the many recent writers who have interpreted the historical Jesus as some kind of political figure in the struggle against Rome, and calls in evidence the many contemporary theologians who agree with some of his arguments about early Christianity. The question at issue is what all the evidence adds up to. Does it establish that Jesus did or did not exist? Professor Wells concludes that the latter is the more likely hypothesis. This challenge to received thinking by both Christians and non-Christians is supported by much documentary evidence, and Professor Wells carefully examines all the relevant problems and answers all the relevant questions. He deliberately avoids polemic and speculation, and sticks so far as possible to the known facts and to rational inferences from the facts."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1975 / 2nd rev. ed. 1986..

Contents

External links

  • [ Google Books]