Jesus and History: How We Know His Life and Claims
12/2/2009

Who do you say that I am?

Jesus and History examines the historical background of the Four Gospels.

...Can we identify their authors and dates, or were they later forgeries?

...Are the people and places in the Gospel historical or mythological?

...Did Jesus do the miracles and make the claims attributed to Him, or did early Christians exaggerate His life?

...Who is He?

Chapters include: Historical Reliability of the Gospels, Jesus and Gospel History from AD30 - AD60, The Life of Jesus in the Epistles, and others. Includes 360 endnotes.

Also, included in the appendix is rare historical research on abortion in the ancient world and the response by the first Christians: Outside the Heavenly City; Abortion in Rome and the Early Church's Response