Why the Jesus Seminar can't find Jesus, and Grandma Marshall Could: A Populist Defense of the Gospels

In recent years, the historical Jesus has been described as everything from a "Jewish cynic" to a "spirit person" or "magician," to a social revolutionary, deluded prophet, or myth. The Gospels have been dismissed by Jesus Seminar and other critical scholars as legend or theological spin, and Christians as fools for believing them. In this fascinating work, scholar David Marshall (whose writings have been compared to C. S. Lewis and G. K. Chesterton) shows why the skeptics are wrong, and the Gospels right. Marshall describes a dozen critical errors Jesus skeptics commit. He then analyzes fifty traits that make the Gospels unique and persuasive. Finally, drawing on his study of Asian religions and literature, he surveys ancient myth, biography, and romance, and shows there is nothing quite like the New Testament writings in all the world.