historical-jesus Tag Posts Index

The Quest Continues: Methods, Sources, and Competing Portraits of Historical Jesus

After completing the historical survey of the quest for historical Jesus, which covered the first half of the introduction, I now want to explore the remaining part

The Third Quest: Where the Debate Stands Today

As part of my preparation for next week's lecture about Modern Christology/Historical Jesus, I have to complete my historical survey of the quest for the historical

The Rise and Fall of the Second Quest

The second quest for historical Jesus covers the period from 1953 to the 1970s. We will observe three things under this period. Source First, there are the seeming

The No Quest (1906–1953): Why Scholars Abandoned the Historical Jesus

Even though the period between 1906 and 1953 was classified as “no quest,” according to James K. Beilby and Paul R. Eddy, such a description is inaccurate, for studies

Picking Up Where I Left Off: Completing the First Quest

After six hours, I want to pick up where I left off my reading of historical Jesus. In the first two articles, I mentioned my initial journey to know the current

Why I Stopped Reading After Five Pages

In my previous article, I introduced my initial journey to take a look at the quest for the historical Jesus from the perspective of historic Reformed theology.

Beginning a Reading Journey: A Reformed Introduction to the Historical Jesus

Even though I have been hearing a lot about the quest for the historical Jesus for quite some time in the past, my personal stance on any new topic is to first