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In the Footsteps of Jesus, published by National Geographic Books, is the culmination of a very personal 15-year quest for the historical Jesus. As both a historian and practicing Christian, I have long been fascinated by any historical evidence about Jesus as a living and breathing human being, underneath the layers of Christology that have been added in the centuries since.
But historical Jesus was a Human Being
Naturally, I’m not alone. The topic of the “historical Jesus” has generated scores of books over the last few decades, many written by such distinguished scholars as Meier, Pagels, Theissen, Chilton, Horsley and Crossan. It is therefore reasonable to ask what new insights the Footsteps book could possibly bring to the subject. The answer is that many authors are, invariably, focused on their specialty. Archaeologists look for archaeological data; scripture experts look for literary insights, and anthropologists search for cultural clues.
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