The Jesus Legend by Paul Rhodes Eddy
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.
- Published
- 2007
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 470-500
- Original Language
- English
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