Killing History: Jesus in the No-Spin Zone

Killing History: Jesus in the No-Spin Zone

Killing Jesus, the bestselling blockbuster by Bill O'Reilly, claims to be a purely historical account of the events in the life of Jesus leading up to his crucifixion. New Testament scholar Robert M. Price (a member of the Jesus Seminar) shows how unfounded this claim is in this critical review of O'Reilly's work. In fact, he judges the book to be the number one source of misinformation on Jesus today. Ignoring over one hundred years of New Testament scholarship, O'Reilly and his coauthor, Martin Dugard, have produced what Price describes as a Christian historical thriller that plays fast and loose with the facts.

Price goes through the key events of Jesusâ€™ later life as described in the gospels and retold in Killing Jesus, painstakingly showing in each case what scholars know and donâ€™t know. Using humor, down-to-earth analogies, and witty sarcasmâ€”not unlike Oâ€™Reillyâ€™s own interview styleâ€”Price makes it clear that Oâ€™Reillyâ€™s book is more historical novel than a work of serious history. By cobbling together the four gospel stories, ignoring the contradictions, and adding plenty of quasi-historical background embellishments, Oâ€™Reilly and Dugard have created a good narrative that resonates with a lot of Christians. Entertaining reading this may be, but history it is not.

Killing History provides lay readers with an accessible introduction to New Testament scholarship while showing the many problems in Oâ€™Reillyâ€™s book.
Country USA
Brand Prometheus Books
Manufacturer Prometheus
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 39472
ReleaseDate 2014-09-02
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781616149666

Country	USA
Brand	Prometheus Books
Manufacturer	Prometheus
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	39472
ReleaseDate	2014-09-02
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781616149666

Killing History: Jesus in the No-Spin Zone

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