The Fabricated Christ

Paul Laffan synthesizes critical findings that portray Jesus of Nazareth and Christian origins sharply different from the picture provided in the New Testament writings and popular understandings today. This critical picture, he argues, must be better disseminated by biblical scholars to increase historical literacy regarding Jesus and the Gospels.

1. Introduction
2. Jesus' Relationship with John the Baptist
3. Jesus' Messiahship
4. Eschatology and Exorcism
5. Jesus' Prophecies of his Death and the Short Passion Narrative
6. "I Will Destroy this Temple"
7. The Last Supper
8. Desertion, Agony, and Arrest
9. Trials and Crucifixion
10. The Resurrection
11. After Eschatology