The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus

by Lee Strobel

Book Overview

Is there credible proof that Jesus of Nazareth really is the Son of God? In The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel, former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune and New York Times bestselling author, retraces... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310226554
• ISBN13: 9780310226550
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
• Length: 397 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

True story - a must read! Well researched and presented in a manner anyone should be able to follow.

This is the true story of a celebrated forensic journalist who came head to head with those believing in Christianity, researching vigorously to try to prove God did not exist. Based upon the plethora of evidence he came across, he came to an educated decision at odds with his original supposition. Well written, honest, and eye-opening.

Not religious, but good to expand your knowledge.

As title says, I’m not religious but I like to read books with differing points of view in order to learn more about a subject, and maybe even change my mind. A lot of research was clearly put into the book, so I applaud it.

Intellectually Satisfying

I came to this book as a practicing Catholic, but not knowing anything of the historicity of Christianity. I found the book intellectually satisfying and I also liked that this was written by an experienced and highly educated journalist who could apply the rigors of journalism to his investigation of Jesus Christ.

The book came perfect

I bought the wrong book This is the workbook not the actual book itself

Excellent service

I ordered a used book at a very low price. It arrived promptly and was in excellent condition.

gran libro, mala traduccion

Este al igual que 'El caso de la fe' la traduccion no me gusto para nada.(Editorial Vida) Tiene anglicismos y otras frases con traducciones literales que alguien que no este familiarizado con el ingles no entendera. Esta edicion no la regalaria. La traduccion necesita revision para que pueda llegar al publico hispano no-bilingue.

The case for Christ

Excellent Book! This is especially good for those who would question the validity and the accuracy of the Bible. It takes the reader through interviews from historical, archealogical, and medical perspectives. It documents the sweating of blood in the Garden of Gethsemane as a true medical phenomenon. Rare but true nontheless. The author sets out to disprove Christ's claims with some surprising results. Thumbs up!

This book is only for the BEGINNER, NOT ADVANCED STUDENT

For those who have bothered to read the previous reviews, you well know that some skeptics claim the book is shallow and uninformed, while some Christians imply it is the end-all-beat-all to the Jesus issue. So considering the one-line summary review I gave, I think Strobel's work deserves 5 stars FOR AN INTRODUCTORY. He does cover a broad range of issues in a little space! Nowhere does he say he is going to make an unbiased presentation of the evidence. In fact, he explicitly said he wanted the readers to act as a jury. At any rate, you can't possibly compare this book to a scholarly work -- IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE AS SUCH. If you really want to dig deeper, there are PLENTY of other works which deal with the Jesus controversy more in depth. I know that means doing weeks worth of library work, but if you really want to get at the truth of anything, it takes hard work!! The Net: Simply accept the book as a good solid introduction into the issues surrounding Christianity and grow beyond Strobel's book. It meant as an introductory and nothing more!

an excellent primer for the orthodox view of jesus

Strobel, I'm sure, didn't set out to provide an exhaustive list of evidences for the existence, deity, and resurrection of Christ. That would require a much longer, and tedious, book. He does, however, provide sufficient evidence. While a skeptical reader may not be convinced after reading the book, he cannot say that there is no or little evidence for the authenticity of traditional christian belief. Whether he believes the evidence is a different matter altogether. Strobel, therefore, provides a lengthy bibliography for those who want to do a more extensive study on the subject. In addition, he provides resources written by Crossan, Martin, and other non-believers. This indicates to me that Strobel is not afraid to let the reader see both sides of the issue. Most books on Jesus that i've read written by liberal scholars almost never point readers to resources that expound an opposing view. For a more scholarly (yet highly readable) treatment of the orthodox view of Jesus, I'd recommend The Historical Jesus by Gary Habermas, and Jesus Under Fire by M. Wilkins and J.P. Moreland.As for the negative review dated Sept 11, 1999, the reviewer states that Palestine didn't become a roman province until 6 a.d. This is simply false. Any perusal through a book on Roman or Palestine history will show that Jerusalem was conquered by Pompey in 63 BC.