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Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth by Bart D. Ehrman

3.0

If Ehrman's purpose was to refute the mythicist argument that Jesus of Nazareth never existed, then he does so cogently in this book. He should have stopped there. Unfortunately, he ends the book by presenting his own biased theory about the true nature of the teachings of Jesus. It may be a theory that he reached after years of scholarly study; but he offers no arguments against, and offers no other possible interpretations of the data. That's his prerogative, of course; this isn't a scholarly work. But it comes off as pandering to an audience of atheists, agnostics, and so-called "humanists." There's more than one way to interpret Jesus' apocalyptic teachings than the anti-Christian one that Ehrman presents.