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020			_a0830833188 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_a9780830833184 (cloth : alk. paper)
050			_aBT303.2 _b.E93 2006
100			_aEvans, Craig A.
245			_aFabricating Jesus : _bhow modern scholars distort the gospels / _cCraig A. Evans.
260			_aDowners Grove, Ill. : _bIVP Books, _c2006
300			_a290 pages : _billustrations, map ; _c22 cm
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [272]-273) and indexes.
505			_aIntroduction -- Misplaced faith and misguided suspicion : old and new school skeptics -- Cramped starting points and overly strict critical methods : the question of authenticity -- Questionable texts, Part I : the Gospel of Thomas -- Questionable texts, Part II : the Gospel of Peter, the Egerton Gospel, the Gospel of Mary and the secret Gospel of Mark -- Alien contexts : the case against Jesus as cynic -- Skeletal sayings : maxims without a context -- Diminished deeds : a fresh look at healings and miracles -- Dubious uses of Josephus : understanding late antiquity -- Anachronisms and exaggerated claims : Christianities lost and otherwise -- Hokum history and bogus findings : Jesus between the lines -- Will the real Jesus please stand up? unfabricating his aims and claims -- Appendix 1: Agrapha : free-floating sayings of Jesus -- Appendix 2: What should we think about the Gospel of Judas?
600			_bJesus Christ _xHistoricity.
655			_bBiographies.
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