Killing history
Subtitle: Jesus in the no-spin zone
By: Robert M. Price
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781616149666
Subjects: Historicity
Description: Killing Jesus, the bestselling blockbuster by Bill O'Reilly, claims to be a purely historical account of the events in the life of Jesus leading up to his crucifixion. Price makes it clear that O'Reilly's book is more historical novel than a work of serious history. He goes through the key events of Jesus' later life as described in the gospels and painstakingly shows how O'Reilly and Dugard have cobbled together the four gospel stories, ignored the contradictions, and added quasi-historical background embellishments.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Historical background or historical ballast?; title: Bird man of Nazareth; title: How not to behave in church; title: Fishermen, prostitutes, and pharisees; title: The amazing Jesus; title: Theology hidden in plain sight; title: Liar, pinhead, or lord; title: Temple tantrum; title: Messiahs and matchstick men; title: The imp act segment; title: Check, please; title: Trial and error; title: Cross examined; title: The missing chapter: raising Jesus; title: Appendix 1: When were the gospels written?; title: Appendix 2: Do ancient historians mention Jesus?