Jesus and the Eyewitnesses, 2nd ed.

A groundbreaking work in New Testament studies expanded and updated Winner of the 2007  Christianity Today  Book Award in Biblical Studies, this momentous volume argues that the four Gospels are closely based on the eyewitness testimony of those who personally knew Jesus. Noted New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham challenges the prevailing assumption that the Jesus accounts circulated as "anonymous community traditions," asserting instead that they were transmitted in the names of th