Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The Quest for the Historical Jesus: An Introduction / Paul Rhodes Eddy and James K. Beilby -- 1. Jesus at the Vanishing Point / Robert M. Price -- Responses / John Dominic Crossan, Luke Timothy Johnson, James D. G. Dunn and Darrell L. Bock -- 2. Jesus and the Challenge of Collaborative Eschatology / John Dominic Crossan -- Responses / Robert M. Price, Luke Timothy Johnson, James D. G. Dunn and Darrell L. Bock -- 3. Learning the Human Jesus Historical Criticism and Literary Criticism / Luke Timothy Johnson -- Responses / Robert M. Price, John Dominic Crossan, James D. G. Dunn and Darrell L. Bock -- 4. Remembering Jesus -- How the Quest of the Historical Jesus Lost Its Way / James D. G. Dunn -- Responses / Robert M. Price, John Dominic Crossan, Luke Timothy Johnson and Darrell L. Bock -- 5. The Historical Jesus -- An Evangelical View / Darrell L. Bock -- Responses / Robert M. Price, John Dominic Crossan, Luke Timothy Johnson and James D. G. Dunn.

"The Historical Jesus: Five Views, provides a venue for readers to sit in on a virtual seminar on the historical Jesus. Beginning with a scene-setting historical introduction by the editors, prominent figures in the Jesus quest set forth their views and respond to their fellow scholars." "On the one end Robert M. Price lucidly maintains that the probability of Jesus' existence has reached the "vanishing point," and on the other Darrell Bock ably argues that while critical method yields only a "gist" of Jesus, it takes us in the direction of the Gospel portraits. In between there are numerous avenues to explore, questions to be asked and "assured results" to be weighed. And John Dominic Crossan, Luke Timothy Johnson and James D. G. Dunn probe these issues with formidable knowledge and honed insight, filling out a further range of options."--BOOK JACKET.