I: Contemporary Challenges to the Historicity of Jesus

Did Jesus Ever Live?

Limitations on the Historical Jesus

Reinterpretations of the Historical Jesus

The New Gnosticism

The Jesus Seminar and the Historical Jesus

II: Historical Data for the Life of Jesus

Primary Sources: Creeds and Facts

Archaeological Sources

Ancient Non-Christian Sources

Ancient Christian Sources (Non-New Testament)

Summary and Assessment

From Gary R. Habermas, The Historical Jesus – Ancient Evidence For The Life Of Christ (in print at Amazon)