Description

This issue of the Areopagus Journal provides a scholarly response to various liberal antagonists to the historical Jesus and Christianity such as John Shelby Spong and the Third Quest for the Historical Jesus. Also presented is the case for the historical Jesus and the absolutely essential event of the resurrection of Jesus. Also, as in all the journals, are several book reviews of important books.

Contents
Veritas: Jesus Legend or Lord?(Part two) by Craig Branch

What Can We Know About the Historical Jesus? by Craig A. Evans

The Resurrection of Jesus: Hoax or History? by Steven B. Cowan

Departments
Dear Editor
In the News
Against Heresies by Clete Hux. Arius Still Lives!
Book Reviews
Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus. Ed. by Michael J. Wilkins and J.P. Moreland. Zondervan, 1995
Jesus According to Scripture by Darrell L. Bock. Baker, 2002
The 10 Most Important Things You Can Say to a Jehovah’s Witness by Ron Rhodes, Harvest House, 2001
Rethinking the Synoptic Problem. Edited by David Alan Black and David R. Beck. Baker, 2001