The gospels are not biographies in the modern sense of the word. Rather, they are stories told in such a way as to evoke a certain image of Jesus for a particular audience. They're trying to convey a ...

In the earliest Christian movement, there were actually many different writings circulated, and many traditions about the sayings of Jesus. Some of the leaders were concerned to say, "Well, which of ...

God may have created man in his image, but there is a well-known tendency among biblical scholars to re-create Jesus in their own image. The tendency is particularly notable among skeptical scholars, ...