Visionary, schemer, political revolutionary, black messiah — these are but a few of the images of Jesus that man has put forth in the fascinating quest to know more about him. In this survey, which centers on historical approaches made during the past quarter of a century, a thorough sampling of the varied theories is presented as interpreters state their own positions, with helpful, unbiased comments from Dr, Hayes. Readers run the gamut of intriguing studies from Albert Schweitzer’s The Quest of the Historical Jesus through Bruce Barton’s The Man Nobody Knows.
Dr. Hayes describes the four primary aspects of the life of Jesus that characterize the modern search and reviews studies made previous to those contained in this book. Hit; discerning background comments blend with quotations from appropriate studies in an exciting, informative book free of burdensome detail.