"Provocative and readable...A remarkable achievement."--Jaroslav Pelikan, Yale Univ.

"No one in our generation is more broadly and deeply prepared than Sanders to tackle the daunting array of problems confronting the historical Jesus. This book will become the standard against which future reconstruction of the historical Jesus of Nazareth will be compared."--David Dungan, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville.

"For Professor Sanders, Jesus is a well-authenticated figure about whom we know a surprisingly large amount. He is particularly succesful in unraveling the complex business of New...