Jesus of Nazareth is the axis around which the history of humanity pivots. This is not a statement of faith, but a verifiable historical fact.
Who is Jesus of Nazareth, really? Why does his figure, instead of fading away, withstand the onslaught of modern criticism with surprising force and continue to challenge the human conscience?
Jesus: Latest Research is the answer to this fundamental question. We are presented with a rigorous and well-documented treatise conceived as a bridge between faith and reason. The work is structured as a progressive argument in four acts, designed to guide the reader from the foundations of the research to its deepest implications.
The Complete Architecture of the Treatise:
Volume I: The Methodological Foundation. The first act establishes the rules of the intellectual game. Before asking what we know, we must establish how we can know it. This volume clears the ground of methodological biases to allow for honest and uncensored research.
Volume II: Identity Revealed. Once our tools have been validated, the second act delves into the testimony of primary documents to answer the question Jesus himself posed: "Who do you say I am?"
Volume III: The Analysis of the Facts. The third act subjects the crucial events of Jesus' life to forensic scrutiny, culminating in an analysis of the defining event that grounds the Christian faith: the Resurrection.
Volume IV: The Dialogue of the Message. Finally, with the credibility of the person and his actions established, the fourth act explores the richness of his thought in a bold dialogue with the great philosophical traditions of humanity.
About this First Volume: The Historical Jesus. Sources and Context
Before we can build, it is imperative to ensure the solidity of the foundations. Jes�s Fern�ndez-Pedrera does not begin with the life of Jesus, but with the most honest and crucial question: Are our sources reliable? Can history, as a discipline, address the extraordinary?
You will find:
A comprehensive analysis of non-Christian sources that attest to the existence of Jesus, including a detailed and updated study of the Testimonium Flavianum by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, demonstrating its core of historical authenticity.
A rigorous deconstruction of the biases and fallacies in the most influential skeptical methodologies of modernity. Using a model of logical analysis, the author dismantles the arguments of Rudolf Bultmann, the Jesus Seminar, and the positions of contemporary skeptics such as Richard Carrier, Bart D. Ehrman, Gerd L�demann, and Christopher Hitchens.
A bold defense of the historical possibility of miracles. Challenging methodological naturalism that excludes the supernatural a priori, this volume philosophically argues for the openness of history to the improbable and analyzes documented cases of inexplicable events such as the Miracle of Calanda, the healings at Lourdes, the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima, and other phenomena.
A critical evaluation of primary sources, including the canonical Gospels and archaeological findings, confirms the historical context of first-century Palestine, from the inscription of Pontius Pilate to the ossuary of Caiaphas.
This book does not demand faith, but rather intellectual honesty.
