NT313 Jesus and the Witness of the Outsiders
Overview
Evans’ study of the historical Jesus has led him to seek all kinds of ancient sources related to Christ. This course is a result of that study, focusing on the evidence from extrabiblical sources and seeing what they reveal about the life of Christ. Examine works by Roman and Jewish writers, and even invocations of Jesus’ name in pagan incantations, and discover what these works can tell us about Christ’s place in history.
Top Highlights
“Did you know that the Romans referred to crucifixion as servile supplicium, slave’s death?” (source)
“‘(Christians, followers of a gross superstition,) sing a hymn in honor of Christus, as in honor of a god.’” (source)
“‘And a master has said, ‘Jesus the Nazarene practiced magic and led Israel astray.’ ’” (source)
“Christians still worship the man who was crucified in Palestine, because he introduced this new cult into the world” (source)
“Emperor Claudius expelled the Jews from Rome’—we think that’s in the late 40s—‘who, instigated by Chrestus’—Chrestus, this time, spelled with an ‘e,’ not an ‘i’—‘never cease to cause unrest.’” (source)
- Title: NT313 Jesus and the Witness of the Outsiders
- Author: Craig A. Evans
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Jesus Christ › Biography--Sources; Jesus Christ › Historicity; Education › Jesus Christ--Biography--Sources; Education › Jesus Christ--Historicity
- Resource ID: LLS:NT313EVANS
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:50:01Z
Craig A. Evans earned his PhD in biblical studies at Claremont Graduate University and received his decretum habilitationis from Budapest. He is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament; Acadia Divinity College Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada; John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins (Houston Theological Seminary); a New Testament scholar; and a prolific author and popular teacher/speaker.
Evans is well-known for his work on the Gospels, the Historical Jesus, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the archaeology of the New Testament. His passion for archaeology has him frequently participating in Middle East digs and leading Holy Land tours. He has regularly appeared in television and radio interviews, such as the History Channel, BBC, and Dateline NBC, served as a consultant on the National Geographic Society's Gospel of Judas project and for The Bible television miniseries, and is featured in documentaries like Fragments of Truth and the Archaeology and Jesus series.
He's written hundreds of articles and reviews and published more than 70 books, including Jesus and His Contemporaries, Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies, Mark in the Word Biblical Commentary, Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels, God Speaks, and Jesus and the Remains of His Days: Studies in Jesus and Archaeology. He coauthored Jesus, the Final Days with N. T. Wright.