Provocative New Book Claims Recent Discoveries Prove Historical Jesus Like Gospels’ Portrayal

In a provocative book that challenges two centuries’ worth of skeptical New Testament scholarship, author Robert J. Hutchinson argues that the historical Jesus of Nazareth was very close to being just as the Gospels describe him — a fiery, courageous, charismatic populist who drew crowds by the tens of thousands and electrified all of Palestine with his announcement of God’s kingdom in their midst.

In “Searching for Jesus,” Hutchinson draws together recent scholarship and archaeological discoveries to show that many negative ideas about Jesus paraded in the media every Christmas – for example, that Jesus was a violent revolutionary – are now being rejected by leading secular scholars . . .

Among the developments Hutchinson highlights are:

The 2009 discovery of a first-century house in Nazareth that refutes those who say the village didn’t exist in biblical times.

As an example, he cites the idea that Jesus’ early followers saw him only as a powerful rabbi, noting that recent scientific analysis of the texts shows that the earliest sources of the New Testament spoke of Jesus “standing at the right hand of God.” (Read more from “Provocative New Book Claims Recent Discoveries Prove Historical Jesus Like Gospels’ Portrayal” HERE)

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