The Human Christ: the Search for the Historical Jesus.

From: National Review | Date: July 20, 1998| Author: Fredriksen, Paula | Copyright information

The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus, by Charlotte Allen (Free Press, 383 pp., $26)

Cultural images of Jesus of Nazareth rarely render the features of that early-first-century Jewish religious figure. The Ravenna mosaics of the late imperial Church present a Roman military officer, beardless and armored, holding a standard proclaiming: "I am the Truth, the Way, and the Life." Luther's Jesus (as Luther's Paul) detested Judaism and preached something awfull...

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