My background is New Testament studies. Even when it comes to apologetics, I always try to bring it back to Jesus. Many of the attacks on Christianity are fought on the nature of Jesus. It is important to read good solid books about Jesus. Here are seven books about that I think you should read.
1. Jesus and the Eyewitnesses by Richard Bauckham.
2. Studying the Historical Jesus by Darrell Bock
3. Fabricating Jesus by Craig Evans
4. The Historical Jesus: Five Views edited by James K. Beilby and Paul Rhodes Eddy
5. The Resurrection of Jesus by Michael Licona
6. Reinventing Jesus by Ed Komoszewski, James Sawyer and Daniel Wallace
7. Lord or Legend? by Greg Boyd and Paul Rhodes Eddy
And an 8th bonus book could be Unmasking the Pagan Christ, co-written by Stan Porter and myself. There are many other great books on Jesus, but this will get you started.
- Craig Evans
- Daniel Wallace
- Darrell Bock
- Ed Komoszewski
- Fabricating Jesus
- Gregory A. Boyd
- Historical Jesus Five Views
- James Sawyer
- Jesus and the Eyewitnesses
- Lord or Legend
- Michael Licona
- Paul Rhodes Eddy
- Reinventing Jesus
- Resurrection of Jesus
- Richard Bauckham
- Stanley Porter
- Stephen Bedard
- Studying the Historical Jesus
- Unmasking the Pagan Christ
