The Case for the Real Jesus

A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ
By Lee Strobel

Who Is Jesus?
According to historic Christian teaching, he is the Christ: God incarnate, the awaited Messiah, crucified for sinners, resurrected from the dead, and raised to heaven, where he awaits his triumphant return.

Yet today, from college classrooms to bestselling books to the Internet, critics are seeking to debunk the traditional Christ. Their fierce and unprecedented assault on the foundations of Christianity has confused spiritual seekers and created doubt among many Christians.

Is it really true that...

• The resurrection never happened - but was an idea borrowed from earlier mythology?
• Jesus never considered himself the Messiah or fulfilled the ancient prophecies?
• Early church leaders suppressed alternate gospels that were as legitimate as the New Testament?
• Scribes tampered with the Bible so that its picture of Jesus can't be trusted?
• The idea of Jesus dying for our sins is a barbaric concept that would make God guilty of cosmic child abuse?

In the style of his bestselling book The Case for Christ, award-winning writer and former legal editor Lee Strobel conducts a very personal and hard-hitting investigation into the identity of Jesus. Consulting highly credible experts, Strobel subjects the traditional image of Jesus to the rigors of modern scholarship. Are the charges against the historical understanding of Jesus well supported? Have the critics discovered damaging evidence or produced fresh insights that undermine the essentials of Christianity?

Or does honest scrutiny call the questioners themselves into question?

The Case for the Real Jesus is a dramatic, no-holds-barred quest for the truth about history's central figure. Join Strobel as he sifts through evidence that can make or break historic Christianity - and quite possibly change the way you yourself look at Jesus.

Publisher: Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 309