"Parts of this book previously appeared in the online essay 'Ten Beautiful Lies about Jesus'"--Page 7.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-238).
Myth No. 1: "The idea that Jesus was a myth is ridiculous!" -- Myth No. 2: "Jesus was wildly famous--but ..." -- Myth No. 3: "Ancient historian Josephus wrote about Jesus" -- Myth No. 4: "Eyewitnesses wrote the Gospels" -- Myth No. 5: "The Gospels give a consistent picture of Jesus -- Myth No. 6: "History confirms the Gospels" -- Myth No. 7: "Archeology confirms the Gospels" -- Myth No. 8: "Paul and the Epistles corroborate the Gospels" -- Myth No. 9: "Christianity began with Jesus and his apostles" -- Myth No. 10: "Christianity was totally new and different ..." -- Conclusion: Can Jesus be Saved? -- Appendix: Apologist Sources.
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Nailed sheds light on ten beloved Christian myths, and, with evidence gathered from historians across the theological spectrum, shows how they point to a Jesus Christ created solely through allegorical alchemy of hope and imagination; a messiah transformed from a purely literary, theological construct into the familiar figure of Jesus - in short, a purely mythic Christ.
Ten Christian myths that show Jesus never existed at all