[Eng A7] The Case for Christ

[Eng A7] The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus (by Lee Strobel), 1998


Book overview

The Case for Christ records Lee Strobel's attempt to "determine if there's credible evidence that Jesus of Nazareth really is the Son of God." The book consists primarily of interviews between Strobel (a former legal editor at the Chicago Tribune) and biblical scholars such as Bruce Metzger. Each interview is based on a simple question, concerning historical evidence (for example, "Can the Biographies of Jesus Be Trusted?"), scientific evidence, ("Does Archaeology Confirm or Contradict Jesus' Biographies?"), and "psychiatric evidence" ("Was Jesus Crazy When He Claimed to Be the Son of God?"). Together, these interviews compose a case brief defending Jesus' divinity, and urging readers to reach a verdict of their own.

Contents:
Introduction: Reopening the Investigation of a Lifetime
Part I: Examining the Record
Part II: Analyzing Jesus
Part III: Researching the Resurrection
Conclusion: The Verdict of History