Jesus never wrote a book. The main sources about him, the Four Gospels, were written some forty years after his death, and contentious debates reign concerning their sometimes contradictory portrayals, which accounts are credible, and how far their authors may have altered or invented episodes to support a view or doctrine of the early Church.
Most scholars assume that information about Jesus was preserved only orally up until the writing of the Gospels, allowing ample time for the stories of Jesus to grow and diversify. Alan Millard here argues that written reports about Jesus...
Jesus never wrote a book. The main sources about him, the Four Gospels, were written some forty years after his death, and contentious debates reig...
About the Contributor(s): Daniel I. Block is the Gunther H. Knoedler Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. He is the author of "The Book of Ezekiel Chapters 1-24 "(1997); "The Book of Ezekiel Chapters 25-48" (1998); "Judges and Ruth" (1999); and "Deuteronomy" (NIVAC, forthcoming).
About the Contributor(s): Daniel I. Block is the Gunther H. Knoedler Professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. He is the autho...
