Socrates Meets Jesus

Year 1987
Type Book
Genre apologetics
Tradition Catholic
Original language English

For For readers who enjoy Socratic dialogue and want the claims of Christ examined against modern theological scepticism; not for those wanting a scholarly study of the historical Jesus.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 4 of 5 strongly recommended
For the researcher: 2 of 5 useful
Difficulty: 1 of 5 light

Socrates enrols at Harvard Divinity School and questions what he hears about Jesus.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 4 of 5
Scriptural 3 of 5
Experiential 1 of 5
Sociological 2 of 5
Historical 2 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

Subtitled History's Great Questioner Confronts the Claims of Christ and published by InterVarsity Press in 1987 (revised 2002), this dialogue brings Socrates to Harvard Divinity School. Enrolling as a student, he questions professors and students about the historical Jesus and the claims of Christianity. It is a separate book from the later eight-volume Socrates Meets series on modern philosophers.

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Catalog IDW.20QTA8.S

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