Evans, Craig A. <br/><br/>
Fabricating Jesus :  how modern scholars distort the gospels / 
Craig A. Evans. 
 - Downers Grove, Ill :  IVP Books,  c2006. 
 - 290 p :  ill., map ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-273) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Misplaced faith and misguided suspicion : old and new school skeptics -- Cramped starting points and overly strict critical methods : the question of authenticity -- Questionable texts, Part I : the Gospel of Thomas -- Questionable texts, Part II : the Gospel of Peter, the Egerton Gospel, the Gospel of Mary and the secret Gospel of Mark -- Alien contexts : the case against Jesus as cynic -- Skeletal sayings : maxims without a context -- Diminished deeds : a fresh look at healings and miracles -- Dubious uses of Josephus : understanding late antiquity -- Anachronisms and exaggerated claims : Christianities lost and otherwise -- Hokum history and bogus findings : Jesus between the lines -- Will the real Jesus please stand up? unfabricating his aims and claims -- Appendix 1: Agrapha : free-floating sayings of Jesus -- Appendix 2:  What should we think about the Gospel of Judas?. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0830833188 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780830833184 9780830833559 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006030075 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Jesus Christ--Historicity.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT303.2  / .E93 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>232.9/08