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The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 232.908
EAN: 9780310209300
ISBN: 0310209307
Label: Zondervan
Manufacturer: Zondervan
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: September 01, 1998
Publisher: Zondervan
Studio: Zondervan
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Editorial Review:
The Case for Christ records Lee Strobel's attempt to "determine if there's credible evidence that Jesus of Nazareth really is the Son of God." The book consists primarily of interviews between Strobel (a former legal editor at the Chicago Tribune) and biblical scholars such as Bruce Metzger. Each interview is based on a simple question, concerning historical evidence (for example, "Can the Biographies of Jesus Be Trusted?"), scientific evidence, ("Does Archaeology Confirm or Contradict Jesus' Biographies?"), and "psychiatric evidence" ("Was Jesus Crazy When He Claimed to Be the Son of God?"). Together, these interviews compose a case brief defending Jesus' divinity, and urging readers to reach a verdict of their own.
Using the dramatic scenario of an investigative journalist pursuing his story and leads, Lee Strobel uses his experience as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune to interview experts about the evidence for Christ from the fields of science, philosophy, and history. Winner of the Gold Medallion Book Award and twice nominated for the Christian Book of the Year Award.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - I'm a Christian - this book is a joke.
It's very simple - a proper, effective argument for Christ must defeat the arguments against Christ IN THEIR BEST LIGHT. Anybody can take the worst arguments for a stance, and defeat them - and then pretend that that's the end to the debate (this is especially easy when everyone at the debate is on the same side). To truly prove validity, you need to take the best and brightest of the arguments, and show why they're wrong. Otherwise, you've made a "case" for nothing at all (except maybe one's own ... Read More
Rating:  - Excellent Introduction to Christian Apologetics - too bad many miss the point of the book.
I'll make this short. I think Strobel's book is an excellent introduction to Christian Apologetics. He kept his explanations at a high enough level so that they were easy to understand without burdening the reader with much more, heavy detailed evidence that exists.
What I find interesting, however, is the number of readers that apparently have completely missed the point of the book. I've seen many reviews that criticize Strobel for not interviewing a single person that had a opposing ... Read More
Rating: - A Journalist's Quest for the Truth
"In light of the convincing facts I had learned during my investigation, in the face of this overwhelming avalanche of evidence in the case for Christ, the great irony was this: it would require much more faith for me to maintain my atheism than to trust in Jesus of Nazareth!" ~ pg. 265
"The Case for Christ" is quite an experience. If you read this book as an unbeliever the facts presented may lead you to a deeper understanding of Jesus and his mission. If you read this book as a Christian, ... Read More
Rating: - Very good place to start
Atheist or believer, this book is worth investigating. The author interviews several scholars concerning different aspects of Jesus such as archeology, history, psychology, and medicine. All the experts weigh in as to how plausible certain claims of the gospel are. Granted, all the experts are believers themselves, but this book does not intend to give a "both sides" account. It is also seems that their area of expertise and their studies helped convince them even MORE (or in some cases just convince) ... Read More
Rating: - The Verdict Is In
Let me start by saying that this book has been recommended to me by Christian friends for a long time. And in my own atheist circles, I've heard Strobel criticized pretty rampantly. So, in the interest of fairness (although I wasn't expecting much, to tell the truth) I picked it up.
I didn't get beyond a couple of pages. Strobel presents an interview with an academic in which the claim is made that we can attest to the historicity/authenticity of the Gospels because Papias SAYS they are authentic ... Read More
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