I Believe in the Historical Jesus

century of this era. Yet opinions differ widely as to the reliability of the

New Testament record of his life.

In I Believe in the Historical Jesus, Marshall surveys the quest for the

historical Jesus from the 19th century to the present, examines the methods

used to extract historical information from the gospels, and investigates

the role faith plays in a study of the life of Jesus.

The gospel accounts of Jesus are reliable historically, not merely literary

productions impossible to penetrate from an historical perspective, and

Marshall's work is a ringing affirmation of belief in the historical Jesus.

This edition includes a new epilogue and updated bibliography.

I. Howard Marshall is Emeritus Professor of New Testament Exegesis and

Honorary Research Professor at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, where

he supervises postgraduate students in their theological studies. Professor

Marshall's area of research has been Luke-Acts, the Pastoral Epistles and

the theology of New Testament writers.