The Real Jesus: The Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Truth of the Traditional Go

The Real Jesus—the first book to challenge the findings of the Jesus Seminar, the controversial group of two hundred scholars who claim Jesus only said 18 percent of what the Gospels attribute to him—"is at the center of the newest round in what has been called the Jesus Wars" (Peter Steinfels, New York Times). Drawing on the best biblical and historical scholarship, respected New Testament scholar Luke Timothy Johnson demonstrates that the "real Jesus" is the one experienced in the present through faith rather than the one found in speculative historical reconstructions. A new preface by the author presents his point of view on the most recent rounds of this lively debate.

• The Historical Figure of Jesus
• Living Jesus: Learning the Heart of the Gospel
• Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters
• New Testament Background: Selected Documents: Revised and Expanded Edition
• What Would Jesus Deconstruct?: The Good News of Postmodernism for the Church (The Church and Postmodern Culture)
• Genesis for Normal People: A Guide to the Most Controversial, Misunderstood, and Abused Book of the Bible (Second Edition w/ Study Guide) (The Bible for Normal People)
• That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
• The Creed: What Christians Believe and Why it Matters
• The Writings of the New Testament
• The New Testament in Its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature, and Theology of the First Christians