What is Historical Jesus?
'''Historical Jesus''' is work about the life and teachings of [[Jesus]] by critical historical methods.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Frank Leslie Cross|author2=Elizabeth A. Livingstone|title=The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fUqcAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA779|year=2005|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-280290-3|pages=779–}}</ref> This is in contrast to traditional Christian accounts of Jesus (the Christ of faith). It also considers the historical and cultural contexts in which Jesus lived.<ref name=AmyJill1>''The Historical Jesus in Context'' edited by Amy-Jill Levine et al. 2006 Princeton Univ Press {{ISBN|978-0-691-00992-6}} pp. 1–2</ref><ref name=Bart411>{{cite book|title=Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium|url=https://archive.org/details/jesusapocalyptic00ehrm|author=Bart D. Ehrman|date=1999-09-23|isbn=0195124731|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=ix–xi}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author-link=Bart D. Ehrman|last=Ehrman|first=Bart|title=The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings|url=https://archive.org/details/newtestamenthist0000ehrm_g7n1|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|isbn=0-19-515462-2|chapter=13, 15}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Jesus]]