TY - BOOK AU - Evans, Craig A AU - Evans,Craig A TI - Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels SN - 9781844741724 U1 - B71.2 PY - 2007/// CY - England PB - Apollos N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; 1 MISPLACED FAITH AND MISGUIDED SUSPICION: Old and New School Skeptics 19 2 CRAMPED STARTING POINTS AND OVERLY STRICT CRITICAL METHODS: The Question of Authenticity 34 3 QUESTIONABLE TEXTS-PART I: The Gospel of Thomas 52 4 QUESTIONABLE TEXTS-PART II: The Gospel of Peter, the Egerton Gospel, the Gospel of Mary and the Secret Gospel of Mark 78 5 ALIEN CONTEXTS: The Case Against Jesus as Cynic 100 6 SKELETAL SAYINGS: Maxims Without a Context 123 7 DIMINISHED DEEDS: A Fresh Look at Healings and Miracles 139 8 DUBIOUS USES OF JOSEPHUS: Understanding Late Antiquity 158 9 ANACHRONISMS AND EXAGGERATED CLAIMS: Christianities Lost and Otherwise 180 LO HOKUM HISTORY AND BOGUS FINDINGS: Jesus Between the Lines 204 11 WILL THE REAL JESUS PLEASE STAND UP? Unfabricating His Aims and Claims 222 APPENDIX 1 AGRAPHA: Free-floating Sayings of Jesus 236 APPENDIX 2 WHAT SHOULD WE THINK ABOUT THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS! 240 ER -