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

by Luke Timothy Johnson

A book takes on some two hundred scholars who claim that Jesus said only 18% of what the Gospels attribute to him, arguing that the ""real Jesus"" is the one experienced in the present through faith. Reprint. LJ. (read review)

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“An excellent introduction to what we really know about Jesus and what is pure speculation. Johnson makes scholarship come alive.”

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