Paul Rhodes Eddy
American theologian and professor of biblical and theological studies at Bethel University (Minnesota), known for work in evangelical theology, historical Jesus studies, and multi-view theological volumes; co-author of The Jesus Legend (with Gregory A. Boyd) and co-editor/author of works such as Divine Foreknowledge: Four Views and Across the Spectrum (with James K. Beilby).
Books
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1. The Jesus Legend
A Case for the Historical Reliability of the Synoptic Jesus Tradition
This study argues that the Synoptic Gospel accounts are not late legends but arise from early, reliable oral traditions anchored in eyewitness memory. Surveying ancient oral culture, historiography, and criteria of authenticity, and critiquing philosophical naturalism about miracle reports, it contends that the core portrait of Jesus formed too early and coherently to be mythologized wholesale. The result is a cumulative case for treating the canonical narratives as substantially trustworthy depictions of a historical figure.