Jesus, Criteria, and the Demise of Authenticity (Paperback)

Foreword Morna Hooker\Introduction - The Rise of the Quest for an Authentic Jesus: An Introduction to the Crumbling Foundations of Jesus Studies Anthony Le Donne\Part One: Historical Methodology and the Quest for an Authentic Jesus\The Indebtedness of the Criteria Approach to Form Criticism and Recent Attempts to Rehabilitate the Search for an Authentic Jesus Chris Keith\The Criteria of Authenticity in Jesus Research and Historiographical Method Jens Schroter\Part Two: Specific Criteria in the Quest for an Authentic Jesus\Why the Criterion of Semitisms Cannot Deliver Authenticity Loren Stuckenbruck\The Criterion of Coherence: Its Development, Inevitability, and Historiographical Limitations Anthony Le Donne\Saving the Quest for Authenticity from the Criterion of Dissimilarity: History and Plausibility Dagmar Winter\The Embarrassing Truth about Jesus: The Demise of the Criterion of Embarrassment Rafael Rodriguez\Criticizing the Criterion of Multiple Attestation: The Historical Jesus and the Question of Sources Mark Goodacre\Part Three: Reflections on Moving Past Traditional Jesus Research\Why the Authentic Jesus is Useless for the Church Scot McKnight\It Don't Come Easy: A History of Disillusionment Dale Allison\Conclusion - The Fall of the Quest for an Authentic Jesus: Concluding Remarks Chris Keith