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Title: Jesus: The Evidence by Ian Wilson ISBN: 0-89526-239-8 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.27 (11 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Logical leads to ancient questions about Christ
Comment: The author, Ian Wilson, must truly be commended for investigating, and furthermore putting together a book about the proof and lack of proof for the numerous aspects of the life of Jesus Christ, which has no bias in it. Normally such books relating to Christian matters with the word "evidence" in the title tend to be nothing more than biased, mindless and self-indulgent in their own beliefs. As an atheist/agnostic, I was glad to find that the author kept an open mind on both ends, leading neither towards skepticism nor theism, leaving the reader of the book to discover their own answers about the "evidence" for Christ.
Although many reviews will say that this book allowed them more evidence for the proof of Christ's existence and divinity as God, I would have to say that the text leaned rather the other way. While it does establish that Christ was more than likely a flesh and blood human being who lived and taught in the first century, many references, scientific pieces of evidence, and even passages as stated from the Bible which are brought forth tend to take Christ off the pedestal that modern day Christianity has stuck him upon. After reading this, my questioning of Christianity and my lack of belief has only been fueled even more.
Chapters such as "The Fallibility Of The Gospels", "Did Jesus Even Exist?", and "Man Of Miracles" establish some basic scientific, historical, and modern leads to show that Christ was a teacher and a devout Jew who was only trying to put a new twist of forgiveness on his religion, not trying to start a revolution or whole following. Christ's miracles are also explained through various processes of hypnosis and other mind-body connections, showing that Jesus was more of a magician and hypnotist rather than a miracle worker being guided by the hand of God.
For the Christian reader seeking evidence of Christ, this book will only go so far to show that he probably existed as a human being. As an atheist/agnostic, I have never doubted the existence of a human and physical Jesus Christ in history. However, the fact that he was God in human form has always seemed ludicrous to me, and this book has not proved me wrong or changed my mind about the matter. Historically this is a great piece of work though, outlining how the various evidence was discovered, and thankfully stating the fact that the Bible has numerous flaws and historical errors in it, many of them serious ones, which many modern-day Christians don't like to accept in their weak minds. I would recommend this for either side of the debate, skeptic or theist. But the theist had better be prepared to see that Christ wasn't necessarily all he was made out to be, and the full-blown skeptic might have to accept that humanly, Christ was real.
God will not be proven or disproven. That is why the subject is a debate and not scientific fact. However, in my mind God has been everything except completely disproven. Either way, the author must be commended for presenting the evidence without bias and altogether writing a great book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent, factual, well supported and fun
Comment: Wilson is a master of delivering the most information in the fewest words. His style is fascinating and clearly credible. I simply had to read this book in two settings. I came away with an excellent understanding of the short version of remarkably complex research material. My only problem with the work is I could not understand how such an objective and factual work could be written by a person who is seemingly so devoted to promoting the case for the existance of Jesus. The reader is treated with total respect throughout the book...no spoon feeding here. Yet, the material is so well documented and presented the reader can honestly draw his or her own conclusions. Thank you Mr. Wilson...I Greatly enjoyed your work and must read more.
Rating: 3
Summary: A repetition of old ideas in a fresh manner
Comment: Ian Wilson attempts to be both honest and neutral, "just the facts" you understand. In doing so he repeats (more or less) what has been said for the past three hundred years from people who have taken the time to objectively study the origins of the most important faith in the world.
Many sections are weak from a technical point of view but none more so than the first on documents. It is a breezy, strictly for the layman review of how the Gospels originated. (Robin Lane Fox's THE UNAUTHORIZED VERSION is an excellent source for this subject.) Wilson opines on the existence of Jesus since no contemporary witnesses exist. He discusses the "Jewish" question, then why he was killed, the Resurrection, and last - and most important - how a lowly Jewish rabbi was transformed into the creator of the universe.
In the process, the original Christians (Orthodox Jews), were swept away by the growing tide of Gentile influence until the scriptures themselves became anti-Semitic tracts without being able to rid themselves of their Jewish roots. Lastly is the look at how a movement based on Jesus's teachings rapidly became one based on Jesus's life. An excellent bibliography is included in the book.
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Title: The Blood and the Shroud: New Evidence That the World's Most Sacred Relic Is Real by Ian Wilson ISBN: 0684855291 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Shroud of Turin : The Burial Cloth of Jesus Christ? by Ian Wilson ISBN: 0385150423 Publisher: Galilee Pub. Date: 07 August, 1979 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Before the Flood: The Biblical Flood as a Real Event and How It Changed the Course of Civilization by Ian Wilson ISBN: 0312304005 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Bible Is History by Ian Wilson ISBN: 0895262509 Publisher: Regnery Publishing Pub. Date: 15 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ by Gary R. Habermas ISBN: 0899007325 Publisher: College Press Publishing Company, Inc. Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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