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100 1 _aRemsburg, John E.
_q(John Eleazer),
_d1848-1919
245 1 4 _aThe Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidences of His Existence
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2014
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2014-09-28
508 _aProduced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidences of His Existence" by John E. Remsburg is an analytical work that critiques the historical basis for the existence of Jesus Christ, likely written in the late 19th century. The book addresses the claims of Jesus's divinity and the authenticity of biblical accounts, challenging the traditional views held by orthodox Christianity. The primary focus is the consideration of whether the Christ outlined in the New Testament is a fabrication, drawing on historical, literary, and philosophical arguments to support its conclusions. The opening of the book sets the tone for its critical examination, beginning with powerful quotations from influential thinkers like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Thomas Carlyle, asserting the need to question the existence of Christ. It lays the groundwork for Remsburg's argument that while a historical figure named Jesus may have existed, the supernatural Christ of Christian doctrine, associated with divine miracles and authority, is a mythological construct. The introduction presents a series of key points that will be elaborated throughout the text: the absence of robust historical documentation from contemporary sources, discrepancies in the gospel narratives, and the claim that later developments in Christianity transformed a possible historical figure into a legendary one surrounded by miraculous tales. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aRationalism
653 _aJesus Christ -- Historicity
653 _aJesus Christ -- Rationalistic interpretations
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46986
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