{"id":3967,"date":"2022-02-26T16:22:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T16:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bartehrman.com\/?page_id=3967"},"modified":"2024-04-15T21:09:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T21:09:34","slug":"did-jesus-exist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bartehrman.com\/did-jesus-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Jesus Exist ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Did Jesus Exist? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth\" data-id=\"1210\" width=\"299\" data-init-width=\"299\" height=\"467\" data-init-height=\"467\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bartehrman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/25-did-jesus-exist.png\" data-width=\"299\" data-height=\"467\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 299 \/ 467;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"42\" data-lineheight=\"58.8px\" style=\"--fontSize:42; line-height: 1.4;\">Did Jesus Exist? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<h5 data-fontsize=\"18\" data-lineheight=\"25.2px\" style=\"--fontSize:18; line-height: 1.4;\">By Bart D. Ehrman<\/h5>\n<p style=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Publisher: HarperOnePublication Date: March 20, 2012Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0062204602Format: <strong>Hardcover<\/strong>, 368ppDimensions: 6 x 1.17 x 9 inches<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"\"><em>Affiliate Disclaimer: We may earn commissions on products you purchase through this page at no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting our site!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>BOOK COVER DESCRIPTION\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Large numbers of atheists, humanists, and conspiracy theorists are raising one of the most pressing questions in the history of religion: &#8220;Did Jesus exist at all?&#8221; Was he invented out of whole cloth for nefarious purposes by those seeking to control the masses? Or was Jesus such a shadowy figure\u2014far removed from any credible historical evidence\u2014that he bears no meaningful resemblance to the person described in the Bible?<\/p>\n<p>In Did Jesus Exist?\u00a0 Historian and Bible expert Bart Ehrman confronts these questions, vigorously defends <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartehrman.com\/historicity-of-jesus\/\">the historicity of Jesus<\/a>, and provides a compelling portrait of the man from Nazareth. The Jesus you discover here may not be the Jesus you had hoped to meet\u2014but he did exist, whether we like it or not.<\/p>\n<h2>PUBLISHER REVIEWS<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cEhrman\u2019s clarity is something to emulate.\u201d<\/em> \u2014Newsweek<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c[Ehrman] is a lucid expositor.\u201d<\/em> \u2014The New Yorker<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c[God\u2019s Problem is a] serious inquiry. . . . Ehrman pursues it with an energy and goodwill that invite further conversation with sympathetic and unsympathetic readers alike.\u201d<\/em> \u2014Stanley Fish, New York Times<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBart Ehrman\u2019s career is testament to the fact that no one can slice and dice a belief system more surgically than someone who grew up inside it.\u201d<\/em> \u2014Salon.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did Jesus Exist? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth&nbsp; By Bart D. Ehrman Publisher: HarperOnePublication Date: March 20, 2012Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0062204602Format: Hardcover, 368ppDimensions: 6 x 1.17 x 9 inches Affiliate Disclaimer: We may earn commissions on products you purchase through this page at no additional cost to you. Thank you for supporting our site! 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