Jesus, Contradicted: Why the Gospels Tell the Same Story Differently
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Jesus, Contradicted: Why the Gospels Tell the Same Story Differently
Author: Michael R. Licona Retail Price: $34.99 Our Price: $24.99
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In Jesus, Contradicted, Michael Licona examines the genre of ancient biography and demonstrates the flexibility that biographers had in the reporting of events and the construction of a narrative. Contrary to skeptical claims that (seeming) contradictions in the Gospels render these accounts of Jesus’ life historically unreliable, Licona convincingly argues that the intentional changes to the Jesus tradition by the Evangelists are a result of the Gospel writers employing standard literary conventions common in their time for writing ancient biography. Discussions of Plutarch’s biographies and Theon’s Progymnasmata—a first-century textbook that provides six techniques for paraphrasing one’s sources when writing a narrative—give important historical context. Licona also addresses whether these processes are compatible with divine inspiration and biblical inerrancy.
