Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels

Craig A. Evans is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and has written extensively on the historical Jesus and the Jewish background of the New Testament era. He has appeared frequently as an expert commentator on network television programs, such as Dateline, and in various documentaries on the BBC, the Discovery Channel and the History Channel.

Craig A. Evans (Ph.D., Claremont) is Payzant Distinguished Professor of New Testament and director of the graduate program at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He has written extensively on the historical Jesus and the Jewish background of the New Testament era. His books include Jesus and His Contemporaries: Comparative Studies (1995), Mark (in the Word Biblical Commentary, 2001), Jesus and the Ossuaries (2003) and Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies (2005). His edited volumes include (with Bruce Chilton) Studying the Historical Jesus: Evaluations of the State of Current Research (1994), (with Stanley E. Porter) Dictionary of New Testament Background (2000) and (with John Collins) Christian Beginnings and the Dead Sea Scrolls (2006). He has recently served on the advisory board on the Gospel of Judas for National Geographic Society and has appeared frequently as an expert commentator on network television programs, such as Dateline, and in various documentaries on the BBC, the Discovery Channel and the History Channel.

. . .great value for evangelicals. Evans demonstrates that good scholarship is on the side of Scripture.

-- Richard A. Fordyce, Stone-Campbell Journal, Fall 2008

"This is a work that can be given to a genuinely interested skeptic, and you will not be embarrassed. Recommended."

-- Samuel Lamerson, Journal of the Evangelical Theology Society, March 2008

"Dr. Evans has done a formidable service to evangelical Christianity . . . [and] has ably championed the integrity of the original New Testament documents as reliable evidence of the traditional Historical Jesus."

-- Frank Z. Kovacs, Haddington House Journal, 2008

"[A]s a resource to quickly find some responses to or literature on some bewildering issues in Jesus studies, this volume will prove very helpful."

-- Jack Barentsen in Criswell Theological Review, Spring 2008

"Fabricating Jesus is an excellent resource for basic information about the texts, issues and major players in the historical Jesus debate."

-- Juan Hernandez Jr. for Religious Studies Review, April 2007

"In this book, aimed primarily at a nonspecialist audience, Craig A. Evans intends to show that traditional views about the Gospels and Jesus are historically well founded. Evans brings his considerable expertise to bear on a wide variety of topics."

-- Daniel A. Smith for The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, January 2008

"Overall, this work makes a major contribution to historical Jesus studies."

-- Christian Apologetics Journal, Summer 2007

"In the genre of conservative evangelical responses to The Da Vinci Code and the Jesus Seminar, Fabricating Jesus stands out as a generously civil yet firm critique of the way some scholars distort Jesus."

-- Perspectives on Science Christian Faith, June 2007

"[This book] is a timely, succinct, and well-written guide for those perplexed by this subject that is much in the news these days. In this wide-ranging book Evans covers numerous contemporary and perennial academic topics related to the historical Jesus."

-- On Mission, Fall 2007

"This thorough, well-written book debunks a number of serious but widespread and influential misinterpretations of the New Testament Gospels, and thus provides an invaluable service."

-- CHOICE, September 2007