Category Archives: Gospels

Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2019

Are the Gospels Best Understood as Creative Nonfiction?

by Robert Hutchinson

I was listening to the mythicist blogger Richard Carrier on “Unbelievable,” the UK Christian radio show and podcast that brings together Christian and non-Christian thinkers to debate various issues related to faith. Carrier, who has a Ph.D. in ancient history and is a very bright fellow, is one of the few credible members of […]

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Posted on Monday, March 12, 2018

Searching for Jesus in the Land of Israel

by Robert Hutchinson

It’s a warm, sunny day in northern Israel, and I am sitting on the railing of a fishing boat from Kibbutz Ginosar as we slowly make our way along the shoreline of the Sea of Galilee. Behind us, on the burnt-brown hills that rise up sharply from the lake, we can see the resort town […]

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“This entertaining book, setting its scenes with plenty of local color, demonstrates just how far the modern skepticism about Jesus has overreached itself. Questions remain, but Robert Hutchinson reminds us that we do not need to be browbeaten by those who say that only negative answers are available.” – N.T. Wright, Ph.D., University of St. Andrews

“Robert Hutchinson’s Searching for Jesus provides a wonderful introduction to some of the issues and debates about the Jesus of history... a great place to begin learning about Jesus, the Gospels, and history.” – Michael Bird, PhD., Ridley College, Melbourne, Australia

“Robert Hutchinson's Searching for Jesus reviews the evidence, the theories, and the proposals in an informed and engaging way. Students and veteran scholars alike will profit from reading this well written book.” – Craig A. Evans, PhD., Houston Baptist University

“For most of those involved in the modern 'search for the historic Jesus,' it was really a search to debunk the Biblical Jesus. But as Robert Hutchinson demonstrates in this charming book, their efforts were not up to that task -- the 'new' evidence turns out to be more compatible with the Biblical account.” – Rodney Stark, PhD., author of The Triumph of Christianity, Baylor University

“Searching for Jesus offers the reader a readable and accessible overview to the complex field of biblical studies, archaeology, and history related to the life of Jesus. Although I do not share many of the presuppositions or conclusions of Hutchinson, he does attempt to navigate the minefield of disputes, discoveries, and controversies in the field of Jesus studies and offers, particularly in his extensive notes, a useful introductory guide for general readers who wonder what is the latest in historical Jesus research.” – James D. Tabor, PhD., author of The Jesus Discovery

“Searching for Jesus manages to combine some of the latest (and often technical) scholarly research with a highly readable and accessible style—no mean feat! All of this is infused with relevant anecdotes which make the book a pleasure to read. Hutchinson’s book is an ideal for anyone wanting to discover the controversies surrounding the historical figure of Jesus and will hopefully make more people realize why this is such a fascinating area of research.” – James G. Crossley, PhD., author of Why Christianity Happened: A Sociohistorical Account of Christian Origins (26-50 CE)

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Category Archives: Gospels

Are the Gospels Best Understood as Creative Nonfiction?

by Robert Hutchinson

Searching for Jesus in the Land of Israel

by Robert Hutchinson