Please consider taking the time to listen to this 1997 lecture given by J.P. Moreland: The Modern Search for the Historical Jesus. In the lecture, Moreland offers a brief introduction to modern attempts to reconstruct the historical Jesus. More specifically, Moreland confronts some of the ideas which haven arisen from the Jesus Seminar.
Here is Moreland’s stated outline:
- Give a brief statement of some of the assumptions of this, more secular, approach to the New Testament documents
- Offer a brief response to this approach
- Explain why the picture of Jesus in the New Testament is substantially reliable history.
The full-length audio file is available here for streaming or download. It is an hour in length, but well-worth your time.
Please feel free to react to Moreland in the comments.
