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Summary: Biased, but some good info
Review: About what you would expect from an Evangelical author. Some good points, some stretches, and some irrelevancies which do nothing to support his claims. On page 107 Lee feels he needs to attack the Book of Mormon which does nothing to make his point on the validity of the Bible or Jesus. So why is it there? Filler? Agenda? He mentions how the Smithsonian does not use the Book of Mormon as an archeological guide. He doesn't mention the Smithsonian doesn't use the Bible either. He also gets facts wrong which are a result of depending on John Weldon and John Ankerberg for sources on Mormon history. A reviewer here, Jonathan Widger also gets facts wrong about Joseph Smith. He was never "convicted" on any of those charges. I do agree, however that martyrdom does not prove character.
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Summary: A Faith Defence Tool
Review: I have to admit, proving to others one's own beliefs is not easy. Especially when I, myself, don't even know the answer. This book have taught me a lot and equipped me with strong tool of how to guard my faith. At the same time, the answers given through the interview refined my own answer and put them into a new perspective. A REALLY POWERFUL BOOK!
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Summary: just poorly done
Review: First off, I am not an atheist or anti-Christian. Quite the contrary. But this book is just a poorly done piece of propaganda, worthy of "Christian" bookstores (where you will find it in abundance). The "case FOR" a historical Jesus is just that, in a legal sense, so I guess I can't complain that no countering arguments are presented. But it does seem misleading according to its stated intent. The formula, used over and over, goes like this: "Is the [fill in a NT question] historically accurate?". Well let's ask an EXPERT. The expert says "Yes, not only is it accurate, but I am AMAZED how accurate it is". So there you have it, it's true. Sorry, I know it's for the other side to present rebuttal witnesses, but I was disappointed. Strobel never deals with the fact that other equally qualified "experts" disagree on many of these points; he uses one "designated authority" per question. To make matters worse, he emphasizes that most all the experts he's consulted are themselves believing Christians. Good for credibility where it's not needed (among other committed believers) I suppose, but from an objective viewpoint it's horrid; how objective can these folks possibly be? The most interesting arguments AGAINST the historicity of Jesus Christ are never even raised: Why do neither Paul nor Jerome ever once refer in their writings to the Gospels that were, according to Strobel, already accepted and beatified by their times? Why does Paul fail to even once quote Jesus? Why the curious lack of any physical descriptions of the man-god in any of the "first hand" gospel accounts? Why the paucity of mention of him in Roman and Judean sources of the time, assuming he was as notorious as the NT tells? All of these are fascinating points for the "other" side which Strobel fails to address. Again, I understand his "case", let someone else make the opposing arguments. Nonetheless, I was disappointed.
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Summary: A former skeptic faces the facts
Review: In this fascinating series of interviews, former atheist Lee Strobel hits world-class scholars, recognized authorities in their fields, with the most common questions and objections to Christ's Person and divinity. Reads like a murder-mystery, police procedural, courtroom thriller, and logic/psychology/history/theology textbook, all in one; a joy to read over and over again (I'm re-reading it now!). Will be an intellectually stimulating delight for open-minded agnostics and believers alike. We also get a glimpse into the spiritual journeys of these scholars, which is fascinating in itself, such as that of Dr. Lapides, a Jew who dabbled in drugs, Scientology, Eastern religions, and finally was confronted with the Jewishness of Jesus. Other interesting conversions: Jewish doctors, etc. who were converted by reading books that argued against Jesus' Messiahship, or whose rabbis could not successfully argue that Jesus was not the Messiah. Reminds me of Phillip Johnson, who was converted from evolutionism after reading one of Dawkins' books and noting the poor quality of evidence and argument! Along the way, these razor-sharp intellects tackle the historical record, archeological evidence, dating of the NT books, prochecies fulfilled by Jesus, Jesus' psychological profile, and the Resurrection, in an engaging dialogue. The media-savvy (but academically-challenged) Jesus Seminar, Karen Armstrong, the Gospel of Thomas, and other silly signs of our times are dealt with: succintly and impressively exposed as shoddy thinking for the desperately atheistic. ....
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Summary: An exiting journey with amazing factual back-up
Review: This book is worthy of being read by every single person ever. I can give it no higher praise than that.
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Summary: not an apologetic
Review: The Case for Christ is more of a rational basis for the faith someone already has than an apologetic. Strobel brings up great points for building an intellectual support to evangelical faith. However, he is too one sided and eager to agree with the people he interviews to be taken seriously by any thinking person who is not a believer. The interviews are very interesting and insightful...the strongest, in my opinion is with Metzger...the weakest is with Blomberg (Blomberg makes a huge logical leap on the early dating of the gospels and Strobel swallows it whole--I pray no one rejects the faith due to this little piece of intellectual dishonesty). Overall, this is a great book for the already convinced; but there is no way I'd give it to an unbeliever.
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Summary: The Case for Christ: John Dominic Crossan's nightmare!
Review: This was by far one of the most unique books I have read in the apologetical field. After being a Christian for over 20 years, I even found things that solidified my belief's. In this book Lee discusses various topics that many skeptics say today. He tackles the old but still used swoon theory, He interviews an acrchaeologist who talks about the artifacts found. As well, Lee combines these stories with his own journey through life. These questions that he raises are ones that he raised in his mind as he sought answers to life's difficult questions about Jesus Christ. This book will solidify your belief's as a Christian and will make the true skeptic think a bit harder about the claims of Christ. Buy a whole pack and hand them out to people that you meet!
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Summary: Just another evangelistic publication.
Review: The title of this publication telegraphs the author's prejudice in his "investigation." His case is based on interviews with Christian theologians. There are no interviews with objective Bible scholars. The responses of the theologians are predictable, and readily accepted by the author without further examination of historical records. The ancient writers and historians cited in the book as evidential sources for a historical Jesus were writing long after the Jesus period and therefore that "evidence" is hearsay. They were not eyewitnesses. As a legal journalist, the author should know that hearsay evidence is not admissible evidence. Of the forty writers and historians writing during the time of the alleged Jesus, none mentioned a Jesus in their works and none of them were cited in this book with the exception of Flavius Josephus. Even the reliability of the Jesus citation in Josephus was discounted in one of Strobel's interviews. Objective scholars discount all of the Josephus citation. Material in the New Testament was quoted to prove the historical reliabilitiy of the New Testament and the existence of a Jesus. Quoting Dorothy does not make the Wizard of Oz a true story. Notably absent in the book is an objective examination of material in the Hebrew Bible, including "prophetic" contents, spuriously used in the New Testament as the basic raw material to construct the Jesus figure. Also absent are interviews with Judaic spokespersons who could have at least given some balance to the "investigation" and a perspective of the Hebrew Bible prophecies. The significant parallels between the Jesus story and other ancient mystery religions and their gods are summarily dismissed consistent with the evangelistic purpose of the book.
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Summary: An Intellectual's Delight
Review: This author of this book takes you on a journey of critical thinking that many Americans with post-modernism educations have left by the way-side. Like C.S. Lewis Lee Storbel entices us to think at a level of intelletcualism that we just do not, with our standardized educational backrounds, require ourselvs to do. His own thoughtful questioning stimulates and encourages the reader to bring his/her own logic and powers of deductive reasoning to the table. And what you may discover when you do this could very well change your life forever.
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Summary: A great book
Review: This is definitely one to read. Strobel goes through case by case the overwhelming evedence for Christ. He relates the evidence to everyday events and asks open ended questions for the reader to decide for themselves
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