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Did the historical person Jesus really regard himself as the Son of God? What did Jesus actually stand for? And what are we to make of the early Christian conviction that Jesus physically rose from the dead?

In this book, N. T. Wright considers these and many other questions raised by three controversial books about Jesus: Barbara Thiering's Jesus the Man, A. N. Wilson's Jesus: A Life, and John Shelby Spong's Born of a Woman. While Wright agrees with those authors that the real, historical Jesus has many surprises in store for institutional Christianity, he also presents solid reasons for discounting their arguments, claiming that they "fail to reach anything like the right answer" as to who Jesus really was.

Written from the standpoint of professional biblical scholarship yet assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, Wright's Who Was Jesus? shows convincingly that much can be gained from a rigorous historical assessment of what the Gospels say about Jesus. This is a book to engage skeptics and believers alike.

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Lovely rounding up corrections on some disturbing theories about Jesus. Tom Wright at his best. For laymen wanting to explore more about the historical Jesus.

Brilliant easily explained apologetic

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Really good and short exposition of who the Lord is and a superb rebuke to others caricatures of the Lord Jesus.

Great Book

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An antidote to all the bumpf all over the internet dissolving people's faith. This deals with all the ridiculous liberal modern scholarship by a brilliant biblical historian. This is vitamins for a flagging faith. This is the best of true Christian scholarship delivered in a nutshell. Sweet sweet listening!

Absolutely awesome.

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I have such great appreciation for works of NT Wright and this book is no less worthy of that esteem.

In building the picture of Jesus, from the perspective of history and scripture, but also of alternative theories, studies and publications surrounding His humanity and divinity, Wright offers an opportunity to really lay down robust roots of understanding that are firm in the sense of clearing the weeds and cobwebs, and what could otherwise cloud the journey of getting a picture of our saviour.

I feel like there could be volumes more to this book. It seemed to end rather abruptly, but I guess that’s just the nature of good things and enjoyable times.

Insightful

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If you’re looking for a general book on who he was this may not be it. But if you want to know who he was and have been confused by some of the newer theories sometimes given equal weight in modern society than this will unpack those arguments neatly and comprehensively. Definitely recommended

A scholarly rebuttal with some great insights

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