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The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus Paperback – September 17, 1999

by Charlotte Allen (Author)

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Jesus the historical figure has intrigued some of the most interesting figures of modernity; such as Newton and Norman Mailer. In this revealing history and critique, the author enters the complex mental worlds of these researchers to show how our understanding of Jesus has influenced our culture

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Jesus the historical figure has intrigued some of the most interesting figures of modernity; such as Newton and Norman Mailer. In this revealing history and critique, the author enters the complex mental worlds of these researchers to show how our understanding of Jesus has influenced our culture

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Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Lion Publishing PLC (September 17, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0745942350
ISBN-13: 978-0745942353
Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.9 x 7.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
Average Customer Review: 29 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,603,690 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A LAY CATHOLIC WRITER SUMMARIZES "JESUS RESEARCH" FROM 18TH CENTURY TO NOW

June 26, 2013

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

Charlotte Allen is a freelance writer and contributing editor at Lingua Franca. She wrote in the Introduction to this 1998 book, "I am not a biblical scholar, and this book is not an attempt to offer a theory of who the historical Jesus was, or whether he actually said or did those things attributed to him in the Gospels. Rather, it examines the way in which the image of Jesus has functioned as a vehicle for some of the best and worst ideas of Western civilization over the past 2,000 years." (Pg. 6) She adds, "The quest for the historical Jesus has produced surprisingly little genuine and uncontroverted new knowledge over the past three centuries about the man and his time... Despite these considerations, I do not believe that the search for the historical Jesus has been in vain. Indeed, it has come full circle in recognizing and exploring Jesus' Jewishness." (Pg. 6-7)

She admits, "One final word: As a Catholic, I am certain that my own theological presuppositions have colored my presentations of the people I have surveyed, just as their theological and ideological presuppositions have colored their presentations of Jesus... I have tried to write about the subjects of this text at least partly from their own point of view, with sympathy as well as critical detachment." (Pg. 7)

She observes, "The [18th-19th century] German Jesus-searchers in fact tended to INVENT biblical history... Partly because they were Protestants (most Catholics were disinclined to partipate in the quest for the historical Jesus, and the writings of Kant and his followers were on the Vatican's Index of Forbidden Books), and partly because they were rationalists, the German biblical scholars propounded various theories that incorporated their Protestant/rationalist/progressivist reading of history." (Pg. 124)

She suggests, [David Friedrich] Strauss ] was not an innovator like [Ferdinand Christian] Baur, who had begun his own Hegelian odyssey while Strauss was working on his 'Life.' In fact, Strass's comprehensive theories about the mythological nature of the Gospel stories are easily traceable to the ideas of Eichhorn, Gabler, Herder, Georg Lorenz Bauer, de Wette, and even Baur himself." (Pg. 152)

This book will be of most interest to Christians---particularly Catholics---looking for a historical summary of the historical research of the past three centuries.

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Well Researched

May 6, 2014

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Somewhat overwhelmed by the detail. Allen did a lot of research.
Good reference for names and dates.
No person has created such a volume of literature than Jesus.
That says something. You decide.

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January 31, 2016

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

Very good survey.

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CLOSE IT DOWN--NO NEED FOR ANY MORE JESUS STUFF

February 12, 2015

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

Wow, nothing sacred to this girl! After you have read her book forget any reading of the historical Jesus. She has done it all for you and closed the (her) definitive book on the subject. Her book for me was far too dogmatic on any and all issues in the quest to understand Jesus. I did like, as Harold Bloom said, some of the gossipy tidbits she had in the book. But, just as she was so won’t to criticize one and all on their errant conclusions, I would say the same of her gossipy sections. How in the heck do we have a confirmation of fact on any juicy morsel of tales in the lives of her characters in the book than according to her, which we don’t have of Jesus in the New Testament?

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A FASCINATING AND BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN OVERVIEW OF THE QUEST

October 13, 2011

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Ms. Allen has given us a well-researched and colorfully-written survey of the (largely European) quest to discover the historical Jesus. That she is a 'journalist' and not a professional should not dissuade you from reading her excellent book. On the contrary; so many 'professional' books on this topic are marred by barely concealed prejudices it is indeed a relief to encounter Ms. Allen's ever-cheerful and appreciative study. She understands the quest's importance and its folly; its seriousness and its inanity; and that no matter what this quest proves conclusively or disproves utterly (damn little either way, to date) it is not really about Jesus anyway as much as it is about our millennial deep-bore investigation of ourselves.

Christians, Jews, atheists, agnostics, jugglers and clowns - read this great book!

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Great Review of the Literature, Presented Without an Obvious Theological Agenda.

July 24, 2017

Format: Hardcover

This is a topic of interest to me, and Allen's extensive research, and deft organization and presentation of her conclusions, provided me with a shortcut to understanding the last century's Jesus literature. Highly recommended.

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William S Jamison

interesting bits

July 30, 2013

Format: Hardcover

This was a nice read. It certainly seems like many authors are trying to come to their own impressions of who Jesus was, though this book has as its main focus the history of the tradition of trying to figure out who Jesus was. It was also interesting to be reading this book when a news media highlight arose with the publication of Reza Aslan's new book Zealot which is also about who Jesus was. (I have not read that book yet but have ordered it). What made this interesting was a Fox News Spirited Debate piece where the interviewer made some of the most outrageous mistakes regarding who Reza was and questioned his bias as a follower of Islam writing about Jesus. It became obvious watching the patient Dr. Aslan explaining the difference between an academic work and a diatribe by someone with an agenda - to someone who was following a script that clearly had such an agenda! Notice also that when CA wrote her book there was no such Fox News debate piece, though she certainly comes to conclusions I can only imagine are similar to the ones Dr. Aslan describes - as I hope to see. In this respect, CA's book is refreshing since it remains objective and follows the complex trail with a factual explanation of all the pathways Christology took. There were some very interesting bits here and there and she recaps much of the literature, some of which I was familiar with enough to follow her easily. And now I have read Aslan's book Zealot and find both books go well together.

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