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At the heart of the Christian faith stands a man, Jesus of Nazareth. Few people seriously question whether Jesus existed in history. But many, influenced by the more skeptical scholars, doubt that the Christ of orthodox Christianity is the same as the Jesus of history. Historian Paul W. Barnett lays these doubts to rest. He uncovers the methodological weaknesses present in some forms of critical...

complained that Paul and Silas were saying that there was ‘another king, Jesus’, alongside or taking priority over the Roman emperor.21 Consistent with their commitment to a superior king, these Christians would not participate in the state religion, worshipping the emperor and the gods. Rather, they were members of a private sect, a superstitio. The people of the Graeco-Roman east were pleased to worship the Roman Caesar as a ‘saviour’ and ‘benefactor’.22 But not these Christians. In Roman eyes,
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