Otherwise, I was going to read Bart Erhman’s “Did Jesus Exist?” book next. Maybe I’ll check for reviews first this time, but what are your suggestions for historical Jesus stuff?
Honestly, I probably couldn’t recommend a better source. Not because that’s necessarily the best around, but because that was probably the most recent book on Christology I read, and I read it back when I was in college. XD
Ehrman’s work is very much within the academic consensus about the historical nature of Jesus. Forgery And Counter-Forgery is the only other book of his I read (also largely on early Christianity), and I remember enjoying it very much.
I probably wouldn’t even be aware of Aslan’s work except that it became infamous in like, my first or second year of college (and that a few of the arguments presented, such as Jesus as an anti-Roman rebel, are regularly floated online).
Honestly, I probably couldn’t recommend a better source. Not because that’s necessarily the best around, but because that was probably the most recent book on Christology I read, and I read it back when I was in college. XD
Ehrman’s work is very much within the academic consensus about the historical nature of Jesus. Forgery And Counter-Forgery is the only other book of his I read (also largely on early Christianity), and I remember enjoying it very much.
I probably wouldn’t even be aware of Aslan’s work except that it became infamous in like, my first or second year of college (and that a few of the arguments presented, such as Jesus as an anti-Roman rebel, are regularly floated online).