Historical Jesus - Quests For The Historical Jesus

Quests For The Historical Jesus

See also: Quest for the historical Jesus and Historicity of Jesus

Since the 18th century, scholars have taken part in three separate "quests" for the historical Jesus, attempting to reconstruct various portraits of his life using historical methods. Although textual criticism of Biblical sources had been practiced for centuries, these quests introduced new methods and specific methodologies to determine the historical validity of their conclusions.

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