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The Quest of the Historical Jesus

7 best books like The Quest of the Historical Jesus (Albert Schweitzer): The House of the Seven Gables, Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Christ, The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Privy Counseling, The Historical Figure of Jesus, Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth, Not the Impossible Faith

The House of the Seven Gables
AuthorNathaniel Hawthorne
ISBN0393924769
The sins of one generation are visited upon another in a haunted New England mansion until the arrival of a young woman from the country breathes new air into mouldering lives and rooms. Written shortly after The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables re-addresses the theme of human guilt in a style...
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia
AuthorKarl Elliger
ISBN1598561634
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (BHS) COMPACT EDITION is identical in content to the standard edition (including the critical apparatus in Latin and the foreword in multiple languages); however, its size makes it exceptionally convenient for the student of Hebrew to carry and use. Its portable...
From Jesus to Christ: The Origins of the New Testament Images of Christ
AuthorPaula Fredriksen
ISBN0300084579
In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission and message in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached. A new introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on...
The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Privy Counseling
AuthorAnonymous
ISBN0385030975
Originally written in Middle English by an unknown mystic of the fourteenth century, The Cloud of Unknowing represents the first expression in our own tongue of the soul's quest for God. A literary work of great beauty in both style and message, it offers a practical guide to the path of contemplation....
The Historical Figure of Jesus
AuthorE.P. Sanders
ISBN0140144994
random thoughts:

-for Sanders, Jesus was (and this is not surprising to anyone who has read his other works on Jesus and Paul) very much a faithful, observant Jew; I largely agree; the conflicts with the Pharisees seem, when actually read in context, fairly minor in and of themselves, though...
Who Wrote the New Testament?: The Making of the Christian Myth
AuthorBurton L. Mack
ISBN0060655186
In this groundbreaking and controversial book, Burton Mack brilliantly exposes how the Gospels are fictional mythologies created by different communities for various purposes and are only distantly related to the actual historical Jesus.

Mack's innovative scholarship, which boldly...
Not the Impossible Faith
AuthorRichard C. Carrier
ISBN0557044642
Dr. Richard Carrier is an expert in the history of the ancient world and a critic of Christian attempts to distort history in defense of their faith. Not the Impossible Faith is a tour de force in that genre, dissecting and refuting the oft-repeated claim that Christianity could not have succeeded in...
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