Who Was Jesus?: A Jewish-Christian Dialogue

by Paul Copan, Craig A. Evans

Overview

Who Was Jesus? is a collection of articles revolving around the dialogue between Jewish New Testament scholar Peter Zaas and Christian apologist William Craig, with a focus on the differing Jewish and Christian assessments of Jesus of Nazareth, and the question of Jewish-Christian relations. Their points of agreement and disagreement, as well as how interest in the historical Jesus continues to promote dialogue and controversy, are fascinating and informative.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664224622
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	10/01/2001
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	205
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Paul Copan is Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics atPalm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Craig A. Evans is an esteemed, internationally recognized biblical scholar, author, and a regular guest on TV documentaries. He is John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins at Houston Theological Seminary. He was formally Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College. Before coming to Acadia, Evans taught at Trinity Western University in British Columbia for twenty-one years, where he directed the graduate program in biblical studies and founded the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute. He is the author or editor of more than fifty books and hundreds of articles and reviews. Evans has lectured at Cambridge, Oxford, Durham, and Yale. He also regularly lectures and gives talks at popular conferences and retreats on the historical Jesus, archaeology, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Bible.

Editorial Reviews

This surprising book sums up a short lecture series and the stream of essays written in response. While books on interfaith dialog are not uncommon, it is quite singular to have a book that takes up an area of disagreement and finds no easy resolution. Especially trenchant are the essays of Herbert W. Basser and the prolific Jacob Neusner. While the lack of reconciliation here may not be comforting to all readers, this is a salutary addition to the literature of Jewish-Christian interaction. For most collections. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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